Alcalde

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Alcalde is the Spanish term for a municipal mayor, historically combining judicial and administrative functions in local government.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Alcalde canonical 1
Alcalde de Choachí 1
Alcalde de Valdemoro 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish term
political office
appointedBy local council (in some historical periods)
Spanish monarchy
surface form: monarch (historically in Spain)
associatedWithPeriod Old Regime in Spain
surface form: Early modern Spain

Middle Ages
equivalentOfficeInEnglish municipal mayor
etymologyFrom Arabic al-qāḍī
hasGenderedForm alcaldesa
hasVariant alcalde mayor
teniente de alcalde
headsBody ayuntamiento
municipal council
historicalFunction administrative authority in a municipality
judicial authority in a municipality
local magistrate
historicalUseInCountry Portugal
Spanish Empire
jurisdictionLevel municipal
label alcalde
language Spanish
legalSystemContext civil law
legalTitleIn Spanish municipal law
modernRole chief executive of a municipality
president of the municipal council
officeHolderTitle alcalde constitucional
alcalde municipal
originalMeaning judge
selectedBy popular election (in most modern systems)
subordinateTo central government (in unitary states)
regional government (in decentralized states)
translationOf mayor
usedInCountry Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Spain
Venezuela

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lota hasMayorTitle Alcalde
Alcaldía de Tocancipá headedBy Alcalde
this entity surface form: alcalde de Tocancipá
Choachí headOfGovernment Alcalde
this entity surface form: Alcalde de Choachí
Taltal Commune localGovernmentHead Alcalde
this entity surface form: alcalde of Taltal
Ayuntamiento de Valdemoro headOfGovernment Alcalde
this entity surface form: Alcalde de Valdemoro