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==Provincial and municipal governments==
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Argentina is divided into 23 districts called [[provinces of Argentina|Provinces]] and one [[Autonomous city|autonomous district]], which hosts the national capital, the Autonomous City of [[Buenos Aires]] (which is [[Greater Buenos Aires|conurbated]] into the [[Buenos Aires Province|province of Buenos Aires]]). Each of the provinces has its own constitution, laws, authorities, form of government, etc., though these must first and foremost comply with the [[Constitution of Argentina|national constitution]] and laws.

The government of each province has three branches. The Executive, Legislative and Judiciary. The Executive branch is led by a [[List of Governors in Argentina|governor]]. The Legislative Branch may be organized as a [[unicameralism|unicameral]] or a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] system, i.e:, with either one or two chambers or houses; currently, eight of the 24 provinces has a bicameral legislature.<ref>Malamud, Andrés and Martín Costanzo (2010) "[http://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/11915 Bicameralismo subnacional: el caso argentino en perspectiva comparada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113161734/https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/11915 |date=13 January 2021 }}". In: Igor Vivero Ávila (ed.), Democracia y reformas políticas en México y América Latina (pp. 219–246). Mexico: M. A. Porrúa.</ref>

Each province, except for [[Buenos Aires Province]], is divided into districts called [[departments of Argentina|department]]s (''departamentos''). Departments are merely administrative divisions; they do not have governing structures or authorities of their own.  They are in turn divided into [[municipality|municipalities]] (cities, towns and villages). Each province has its own naming conventions and government systems for different kinds of municipalities. For example, [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba Province]] has ''municipios'' (cities) and ''comunas'' (towns); [[Santa Fe Province]] further distinguishes between first- and second- tier ''municipios''; [[Chaco Province]] refers to every populated center as ''municipios'', in three categories.

The Province of Buenos Aires has a different system. Its territory is divided into 134 districts called ''[[Partidos of Buenos Aires|partido]]s'', each of which usually contains several cities and towns.

Regardless of the province, each department/partido has a head town (''cabecera''), often though not necessarily the largest urban center, and in some provinces often named the same as their parent district.

Municipalities are ruled by mayors, usually called [[Intendant#Argentina|Intendant]] (''intendente'') in the case of cities and towns (the larger categories). A city has a legislative body called the Deliberative Council (''Concejo Deliberante''). The smaller towns have simpler systems, often ruled by commissions presided by a [[communal president]] (''presidente communal'') or a similarly named authority.

[[Buenos Aires]] city, seat of the National Government, was declared an [[autonomous city]] by the [[1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution|1994 constitutional reform]]. Its mayor, formerly chosen by the [[President of Argentina|President of the Republic]], is now elected by the people, and receives the title of [[List of mayors and chiefs of government of Buenos Aires|Chief of Government]] (''Jefe de Gobierno''). Other than that, Buenos Aires, as the provinces, has its own Legislative Branch (a unicameral Legislature) and elect [[Chamber of Deputies of Argentina|deputies]] and [[Argentine Senate|senators]] as representatives to the [[Argentine National Congress|National Congress]].