Municipalities of Finland have barely any administrative power..
=== Chinese-speaking ===In the People's Republic of China, a direct-administered municipality ( in pinyin: zhxish) is a municipality with equal status to a province: Beijing Municipality, Chongqing Municipality, Shanghai Municipality, and Tianjin Municipality (see also: Direct-administered municipalities of China)
 Such a corporation in Great Britain consists of a head as a mayor or provost, and of superior members, as aldermen and councillors"

