The concept of city council is a political concept that has to do with the administration and political functioning of a territory called municipality. The city council is then the body in which both the executive and legislative powers can be established, the judicial power generally remaining outside of it and having its own building. Municipalities exist throughout the world, although it is considered that the first forms of this political body arose in Europe, in the Middle Ages. From there, they have moved to many parts of the planet as directive forms in relatively small spaces.
When we speak of a municipality we are referring to a relatively small territory (although this may vary) and that may have the name of city, village or town depending on the number of people who live in it, on the administrative and political functions that in it are developed and also of the economic activities that are carried out. In this sense, the municipality is the last political-administrative unit, indivisible and that can be part in turn with other provinces or states and then a country or nation.
The city council is therefore the political body from which that territory known as a municipality is governed. This is why in some places in Latin America the city council is also known as a municipality, in others as a quartermaster. In the town hall, the governor, mayor, mayor or whoever fulfills the higher executive position usually resides. In some cases there may also be the legislative body made up of legislators, deputies and councilors elected by the people of the municipality. Among the functions carried out by the city council are those of control and administration of diverse subjects (education, economy or finance, culture, urban planning, etc.) as well as the legislation on these subjects.
