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Mumm Mumm, situated in Reims in northern France, is one of the largest champagne producers worldwide. It was founded by three brothers, Jacobus, Gottlieb and Phillip Mumm, German winemakers from the Rhine valley and G.
Mummadi People carrying the last name of Mummadi (variably known as "surname" or "family name") usually hail from the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Many people with the family name Mummadi are seen across the globe, originating across the whole of South India.
Mummers Parade The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Local clubs (usually called "New Years Associations") compete in one of four categories (Comics, Fancies, String Bands and Fancy Brigades).
Mummers Play Mummers' Plays (also known as mumming) are seasonal folk plays performed by troupes of actors known as mummers or guisers (or by local names such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, galoshins and so on), originally in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (see wrenboys), but later in other parts of the world. They are sometimes performed in the street but more usually as house-to-house visits and in public houses.
Mummification (BDSM) Mummification as a BDSM bondage practice involves restraining a living person's body in a non-damaging way by wrapping it head to toe, or neck to toe, in materials like saran wrap, clingfilm, cloth, bandages, rubber strips, duct tape, plaster bandages, bodybags, or straitjackets. The end result is a person completely immobilized and looking like an Egyptian mummy.
Mummichog The mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus, is a small killifish found in the eastern United States. It is capable of tolerating highly variable salinity and temperatures, and is found in estuaries and saltmarshes as well as less salty waters.
Mummy Juanita Momia Juanita (Spanish for "Mummy Juanita"), better known in English as "The Ice Maiden", is a 15th-century Inca mummy of a 12- to 14-year-old girl who died sometime between 1440 and 1450. She was discovered in southern Peru in 1995 by anthropologist Johan Reinhard and his Peruvian climbing partner Miguel Zarate.
Mummy Range The Mummy Range (elevation approximately 13,000 ft) is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The range is a short subrange of the Front Range located in southwestern Larimer County northwest of the town of Estes Park.
Mumps Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination and the introduction of a vaccine, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the third world.
Mumsnet Mumsnet is a community website set up by a group of mums to give advice and support on parenting and family issues. Mumsnet is currently being sued for libel by Gina Ford over alleged defamatory comments made to the site by its members.
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly is the name of a 1969 British horror-comedy cult film. Based on a stage play by Maisie Mosco entitled "Happy Family" (which was later adapted into a novella by screenwriter Brian Comport as "Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly"), the film is a dark and playful allegory of the breakdown of the nuclear family of the 1950s as a result of the free love movement of the 1960s.
Mumtaz Bhutto Sardar Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto is the cousin of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, chief of the Bhutto tribe and chairman of the Sindh National Front and Sindh Qaumi Itehad. Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was the founding member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), former federal minister and Chief Minister of Sindh, Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto enjoys the reputation of a good administrator.
Mumtaz Mahal Mumtāz Mahal (Persian: ممتاز محل, meaning "beloved ornament of the palace"; pronunciation //) is the common nickname of Arjumand Banu Begum, who was born in April of 1593 in Agra, India. Her father was the Persian noble Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur Jehan, wife of Jahangir, and she was religiously a Muslim.
Mumu, Philipino Monster A mumu is a general term that Filipinos use to describe many numerous monsters that are a part of Philippine Mythology. Belief in the mumus pre dates Christian colonization of the Philippines, and many current stories of the mumus now integrate both animistic and Christian beliefs.
Mumuye The Mumuyes are a people of Nigeria. They constitute the largest tribal group in Taraba State of Nigeria and form the predominant tribes found in Zing, Yorro, Jalingo, Ardo-Kola, Lau, Gassol, Bali and Gashaka, all of which are local government areas of the state.
Mun Charn Wong Mun Charn Wong (born 1918, deceased 17 September 2002) was a Chinese-American life insurance salesman, noted motivational speaker, and humanitarian. He was one of only twelve life insurance agents to be named as a "Legend" in the history of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company.
Mun Segwang Moon, Se-Gwang (born 1951 in Japan & died August 20 1974 in South Korea) was a Japan-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate the President and de facto military dictator of South Korea, Major General Park Chung-Hee, on 15 August 1974. The assassination attempt resulted in the death of Park's wife.
Mun Tsai Tong Mun Tsai Tong or Moon Tsai Tong (門仔塘) was a harbour located between northeast Tsing Yi Island and Nga Ying Chau of Hong Kong. It was reclaimed for the development of a new town on Tsing Yi Island in 1980s.
Mun2 Mun2 is a national Cable TV station aimed at young Latinos in the United States and is owned by NBC Universal. The name mun2 is pronounced "moon dos" which is written "mundos" in Spanish meaning "worlds" in English.
Munafiq Munāfiq (n., in Arabic: منافق, plural munāfiqūn) is an Islamic Arabic term used to describe a religious hypocrite, who outwardly practices Islam, while inwardly concealing his disbelief (kufr), perhaps even unknowingly.
Munakata, Fukuoka Munakata City (宗像市; -shi) is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, in the North Chikuzen area. It has accomplished fast development focusing on the city of Akama which has been at the center of local politics and economics in recent years.
Munali Secondary School Munali Secondary School is a secondary school located in Lusaka, Zambia. The school is actually three schools, Munali Boys Secondary School, Munali Girls Secondary School, and Munali School for the Deaf and Blind.
Munawar Abro Munwar Abro is an award-winning Pakistani newspaper political cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for the Pakistani newsmagazine Newsline amongst other publications. In 2006, the All-Pakistan Newspapers Society named him as the winner of the award for Best Cartoon at their annual awards ceremony[http://www.
Muncie, Indiana Muncie (IPA: ) is a city in Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. It is the principal city of the Muncie, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Mund (in law) The mund is a principle in Germanic tradition and law that can be crudely translated as "protection" and which grew as the prerogative of a Germanic tribe king or leader. It has been latinized in mundium.
Munda (Solomon Islands) Munda is the largest settlement on the island of New Georgia in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It is located at the southwestern tip (called Munda Point) of the western end of New Georgia, and the large Roviana Lagoon is just offshore.
Munda languages The Munda Languages are a language family spoken by about nine million people in eastern India and Bangladesh. They constitute a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, generally placed in opposition to the Mon-Khmer languages of Southeast Asia, which means they are distantly related to Vietnamese.
Munda people The Munda are a tribal (Adivasi) people of the Jharkhand region, which is spread over on five states of India (Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhatisgarh and Orissa), and in parts of Bangladesh. Their language is Mundari, which belongs to the Munda family of Austro-Asiatic languages, which language family is in fact named after the Munda people.
MundaĂş River The MundaĂş River is a river in northeastern Brazil. The MundaĂş originates in the Borborema Plateau of Pernambuco state, and flows southeast through Pernambuco and Alagoas states to empty into the MundaĂş Lagoon at MaceiĂł, Alagoas' capital.
Mundane astrology Mundane Astrology (or political astrology) is the application of astrology to world affairs and world events, taking its name from the Roman word Mundus, meaning "the World". Mundane astrology is branch of Judicial astrology and is widely believed by astrological historians to be the most ancient branch of astrology.
Mundaneum The Mundaneum was created in 1910 out of the initiative of two Belgian lawyers. Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine aimed to gather together all the world's knowledge and classify it according to a system they developed called the Universal Decimal Classification.
Mundari language The Mundari language is a Munda language of the Austro-Asiatic language family spoken by the Munda people, and is closely related to Santali. Mundari is primarily spoken by Munda tribal people in east India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
Mundaring Weir Road, Perth Mundaring Weir Road is a road in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, and is the primary access route for Mundaring Weir, a dam and tourist attraction. It is a single carriageway for its entire length, with one lane in either direction.
Mundaring, Western Australia Mundaring is located 36 km east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway, with most of the shopping centre on the northern side of the highway, and most services on the south side. Most of the local bank branches have been reduced to ATMs and a number of agencies remain.
Mundarlo, New South Wales Mundarlo is a farming community in the central east part of the Riverina and situated about 13 kilometres south east from Wantabadgery and 18 kilometres north west from Tumblong. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 298 people.
Mundelein College Mundelein College was a private, independent, Roman Catholic women's college in the United States. Located in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois, Mundelein College was once the largest Roman Catholic women's college.
Mundell-Tobin effect The Mundell-Tobin effect suggests that nominal interest rates would rise less than one-for-one with inflation because in response to inflation the public would hold less in money balances and more in other assets, which would drive interest rates down. In other words, an increase in the exogenous growth rate of money increases the nominal interest rate and velocity of money, but decreases the real interest rate.
Munden Point Munden Point Park is a recreational park owned and maintained by the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia located deep in the heart of the southern end of the city, right on The North Landing River. The park features five shelters, three baseball fields, a boat ramp, boat rentals, three playgrounds, six horseshoe pits, volleyball nets, and light hiking trails.
Mundesley Mundesley is a small village on the North East coast of Norfolk, England, approximately seven miles east of Cromer and four miles west of Bacton. It is a popular seaside holiday destination with a couple of caravan parks.
Mundeswari river Mundeswari river is a small river in West Bengal but during the monsoons it causes serious floods in Hooghly, Purba Medinipur and Howrah districts. Any discharge above 70,000 cusecs down stream of Durgapur Barrage may cause flood depending on the outfall condition of the Mundeswari at Harinkhola.
Mundialization The word "mundialisation" is the English version of the French "mondialisation" which today is referred to in French as what is referred to as "globalisation". But the original meaning of mondialisation/mundialisation means the act for a city or a local authority to declare itself a "world citizen" city, by voting a charter stating its awareness of global problems and its sense of shared responsibility.
Mundic Mundic was used from the 1690s to describe a copper ore, which began to be smelted at Bristol and elsewhere in southwestern Britain. Smelting was carried out in cupolas, that is reverberatory furnaces using mineral coal.
Mundo Feliz Mundo Feliz was the second album released by Mexican rock band Fobia in 1991. Contrary to their first album, the songs have more surreal lyrics and imagery, without losing the eclectic sound that made Fobia famous throughout Latin America.
Mundo Obrero Mundo Obrero (Workers World) is the Periodical of the Communist Party of Spain(PCE)it is edited monthly and contains, articles related to the Spanish and International Political Situations, The Oppinions of the Differnet Bodies of the party as well as relevant members of the Party and on the activities of the Party and the Communist Youth Union of Spain (UJCE).
Mundu The mundu is a garment worn around the waist in Kerala and Maldives related to the Dhoti as well as the Lungi. In South Canara district of Karnataka state the Tulu speaking folk and Beary community do use mundu.
Mundubbera, Queensland Mundubbera (Postcode:4626) is a town in the Wide Bay Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Burnett Highway, 405 kilometres north west of the state capital, Brisbane and 200 kilometres west of the regional centre, Bundaberg.
Muneeb Voterson Muneeb Voterson (born January 27, 1987 in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa) is a young football goalkeeper who currently plays for the South African team Ajax Cape Town. Voterson started his career at Cape Town in 2004, but as of December 2005 has yet to make his first-team debut, mainly due to Moeneeb Josephs being the club's certain number one goalkeeper.
Munehisa Homma 日本語, Munehisa Homma (also known as Sokyu Homma, Sokyu Honma) (1724-1803), was a rice merchant from Sakata, Japan who traded in the Ojima Rice market in Osaka during the Tokugawa Shogunate. He is reputed to have become an honorary Samurai due to his trading success.
Muneo Suzuki Muneo Suzuki (鈴木 宗男 Suzuki Muneo, born 31 January 1948) is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaidō. He is typically referred to as "Muneo", because his last name, "Suzuki", is one of the most common names in Japan.
Munesa Munesa is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Munesa is bordered on the south by Kofele, on the west by the Mirab Shewa Zone and Lake Langano, on the northwest by Ziway Dugda, on the north by Tiyo, on the northeast by Digeluna Tijo, and on the east by Bekoji.
Mung Mung (or munge) is computer jargon for "to make repeated changes which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original item." It was coined in 1958 at the Tech Model Railroad Club, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mung bean exonuclease Mung bean exonuclease is a nuclease derived from mung beans that removes nucleotides in a step-wise manner from single stranded DNA molecules and is used to remove such ssDNA from a mixture also containing double stranded DNA (dsDNA).
Munga Mibindo Munga "Max" Mibindo served as the President Delegate General of SNEL, La Société Nationale d'Electricité, in the Republic of Zaire in the early and mid 1980s. Prior to that appointment, he had been the Director of Zaire's largest public bus company.
Mungalalu Truscott Airbase Mungalalu Truscott Airbase, previously known as Truscott Airfield (or simply as Truscott) is an Australian Customs Service airbase. It was constructed in 1944 as a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base during World War II.
Mungana affair The Mungana Affair involved the selling of some mining properties in the Chillagoe-Mungana districts of northern Queensland, Australia to the Queensland government, at a grossly inflated price. In 1929 a Royal Commission was held into the affair and found that two prominent politicians: Ted Theodore Premier of Queensland (1919-1925) and William McCormack Premier of Queensland (1925-1929) each secretly held 25% ownership of the properties sold.
MungBeing MungBeing is an online, bimonthly magazine containing artwork, short stories, interviews, articles, essays, music, recipes, poetry, comics, and interactive features. The subject matter leans heavily towards art and art criticism, with each issue featuring several galleries of visual artworks contributed by painters, illustrators and comic artists.
Munge In computing, "munge" is a term meaning to transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner. It can also mean to obfuscate an email address in order to thwart e-mail harvesting robots or other spam-related systems or people.
Munger Place Historic District, Dallas, Texas The Munger Place Historic District is a neighborhood and historic district in Old East Dallas, Texas (USA), generally lying between N Fitzhugh Avenue on the southwest, Gaston Avenue on the northwest, Henderson Avenue on the northeast, and Columbia Avenue on the southeast. Detailed boundaries are defined in the Munger Place Ordinance.
Mungo Jerry Mungo Jerry is the name of a pop group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their classic hit "In the Summertime", the evergreen "Lady Rose" and the rock smash "Alright Alright Alright".
Mungo Lady The Mungo Lady (also known as Mungo I) is one of the world's oldest cremations discovered at Lake Mungo, New South Wales, Australia in 1969. The finding implies complicated burial ritual in the early human societies.
Mungo Man The Mungo Man (also known as Lake Mungo 3) was an early human inhabitant of the continent of Australia, who is believed to have lived about 40,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene epoch. His remains were discovered at Lake Mungo, New South Wales in 1974.
Mungo Park (golfer) Mungo Park (1835 – 1904) was a member of a famous family of Scottish golfers. He was born at Quarry Houses in Musselburgh, which was to become one of the three towns that shared hosting responsibilities for The Open Championship through the 1870s and 1880s.
Mungo Park Medal The Mungo Park Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to Geographical knowledge through exploration and/or research, and/or work of a practical nature of benefit to humanity in potentially hazardous physical and/or social environments.
Mungo's Hi Fi Mungo's Hi Fi, Scotland's number one reggae dancehall Soundsystem, have been releasing hits since 2001 with their first track Wickedness featuring Brother Culture, released on the Dubhead label. Their next single, Ing, was an underground hit and is now in its second repress on Ninja Tune, having been a favorite of Mr Scruff.
Mungret College Mungret College, situated 3 miles west of Limerick, Ireland, near the village of Mungret, was a Jesuit apostolic school and a lay secondary school from 1882 until 1974 when it closed as a school for the last time. The college produced over 1000 priests in that period.
Mungrisdale Common Mungrisdale Common, pronounced mun-grize-dl, with emphasis on grize, is a fell in the English Lake District. It was Alfred Wainwright's least favourite Wainwright, of which he said it "has no more pretension to elegance than a pudding that has been sat on".
Mungu ibariki Afrika "Mungu ibariki Afrika" is the national anthem of Tanzania. The anthem is the kiSwahili version of Enoch Sontonga's popular hymn Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika that is also used as Zambia's anthem (with different words) and part of South Africa's.
Munhall, Pennsylvania Munhall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on the west bank of the Monongahela river, eight miles (13 km) south of the confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny rivers where the Ohio river begins. It abuts Homestead, therefore it is possible to stand still with one foot being in Homestead and the other foot being in Munhall.
Munhwa Ryu Korea's Munhwa Ryu clan is one of the great aristocratic houses of Goryeo and Joseon society. "Munhwa," which means 'culture,' is the name of the clan seat, a township in modern-day Hwanghae province, North Korea.
Munch Bunch The Munch Bunch is the title of a series of children's books, written by British author Denis Bond (under the pen name Giles Reed) and illustrated by Angela Mitson. They were published between 1979 and 1984 by Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
Munchers Munchers was a series of educational/edutainment computer games produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) for several operating systems. They were popular among American schoolchildren in the 1980s and 1990s and were the recipients of several awards.
Munchhausen-Trilemma Munchhausen-Trilemma, also called "Agrippa's Trilemma", is a philosophical term coined to stress the impossibility to prove any certain truth even in the fields of logic and mathematics. It is the name of a logical proof in the theory of knowledge going back to the German philosopher Hans Albert.
Munching square The Munching Square is a display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen.
Munchique National Park Parc Nacional de Munchique (Munchique National Park) is a national park in Colombia, 440 square kilometres in size. The Park is located west of the city of Popayán, in jurisdiction of El Tambo, on the western slope of the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.
Munchique Wood-wren The Munchique Wood-wren Henicorhina negreti is a member of the wren family (Troglodytidae), described as new to science in 2003. It was first observed by Steven Hilty in the 1980s and not described until detailed studies by Paul Salaman, Paul Coopmans, Thomas Donegan and others in the region in 2001.
Munchkin (card game) Munchkin is a popular card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games, based on the concept of munchkins (immature role-players, playing "to win"). The card game is itself a spin-off from The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, a gaming humour book that also won an Origins Award in 2000.
Munchkin (role-playing games) In gaming, a Munchkin is a player who plays what is intended to be a non-competitive game (usually a role-playing game) in an aggressively competitive manner. A munchkin seeks within the context of the game to amass the greatest power, score the most "kills," and grab the most loot, no matter how deleterious their actions are to role-playing, the storyline, fairness, logic, or the other players' fun.
Munchlax are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Munchlax in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Muni Meter Muni Meter is the name used by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) for its pay and display centralized parking meter system. The Muni Meter is centrally located on a street around a group of parking spots, with no designated striping to separate spots.
Muni Metro Muni Metro is a mass transit system operated in the City and County of San Francisco by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, managed by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Due to its history, it resembles a metro, such as all segments of the lines running under Market Street, in some parts of the city, while resembling either a traditional streetcar network or a modern light rail system on most other segments.
Munib Younan Munib Younan is the Evangelical Lutheran Church Bishop of Palestine and Jordan since 1998. He was born in Jerusalem on September 18, 1950, and is married since 1980 to Suad Yacoub from Haifa, originally from Kfar Bir"im, (one of the depopulated villages of 1948.
Municipal arrondissements of France The municipal arrondissement (, pronounced ), more simply referred to as arrondissement, is a level of administrative division in France lower than the commune. Thus, it could be regarded as the lowest level of administrative division in France.
Municipal Art Society The Municipal Art Society is an arts organization on Madison Avenue in New York City, which deals with public art in the city. It also champions the study of urban planning and design through its exhibits (at the Urban Center gallery), seminars, educational programs, and community workshops.
Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta) Atlanta Municipal Auditorium originally known as the Auditorium and Armory was an auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. It was constructed with funds raised by a committee of Atlanta citizens and then sold to the city of Atlanta.
Municipal bond In the United States, a municipal bond (or muni) is a bond issued by a state, city or other local government, or their agencies. Potential issuers of municipal bonds include cities, counties, redevelopment agencies, school districts, publicly owned airports and seaports, and any other governmental entity (or group of governments) below the state level.
Municipal broadband Many towns and cities are concerned about the high cost of broadband Internet access. Municipal broadband, which is broadband Internet service provided (at least partly) through local government support, may offer a solution.
Municipal bus companies A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority. Since the advent of bus deregulation in the UK in 1986, many such companies have been sold to private companies, either through choice or by legislation, but in some cases they were forced out of business in "bus wars" where private companies with large resources undercut fares.
Municipal Bond Arbitrage Also called municipal bond relative value arbitrage, municipal arbitrage, or just muni arb, generally consists of building a leveraged portfolio of high-quality, tax-exempt municipal bond and simultaneously hedging the duration risk in that municipal bond portfolio by shorting the equivalent taxable corporate bonds. These corporate equivalents are typically interest rate swaps referencing Libor or BMA (short for Bond Market Association [http://www.
Municipal Borough of Hendon Hendon was an ancient civil parish of around 8250 acres which included Mill Hill, 3570 acres, as well as Golders Green and Childs Hill 1060 acres. In 1894 it was created an urban district of Middlesex and in 1932 it became a municipal borough.
Municipal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames was a local government district and borough in north east Surrey, England from 1835 to 1965 around the town of Kingston upon Thames. It was alternatively known as Kingston on Thames Vision of Britain - Kingston upon Thames and held the status of royal borough.
Municipal corporation A municipal corporation is a legal definition for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under the laws of the state or province in which they are located.
Municipal Commissioner Municipal Commissioner () is an office and political title in the Municipalities of Sweden for councillors with executive responsibilities. The Commissioners are the only full-time employed office-holders outside the municipal civil service.
Municipal Commissioner (Manitoba) The office of the Municipal Commissioner is a former government department in the Canadian province of Manitoba, established by the government of John Norquay in 1887. The government of Douglas Campbell restructured the department as the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in 1953, after taking on increased responsibilities.
Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai The Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai is the chief of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Though the Mayor is the head of the house, his role is largely ceremonial and almost all powers are vested in the Commissioner.
Municipal Corporation of Delhi The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is a municipal corporation that governs most of the metropolis of Delhi in India. It is one of three municipal corporations in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being New Delhi, the national capital, and Delhi Cantonment.
Municipal district Municipal Districts are Census subdivisions used in Canada for the administration of rural areas including farmlands and unincorporated places such as hamlets. Municipal Districts are managed by elected councils, or in the case of special municipalities by councilors appointed by each province's Lieutenant-Governor.
Municipal Darwinism Municipal Darwinism is a fictional concept featured in Philip Reeve's Hungry City Chronicles. It refers to the practice in the post apocalyptic world described in the series, in which large mobile metropolitan areas, known as Traction Cities, consume one another by gathering other, smaller cities in large hydraulic "jaws".
Municipal Demarcation Board The Municipal Demarcation Board is an independent authority responsible for delimiting the boundaries of South African districts and municipalities and the boundaries of the electoral wards within those municipalities.
Municipal elections in Canada Municipal elections in Canada according to the Canadian Constitution are the jurisdiction of the various provinces and territories. Therefore, they occur on different dates, depending on which province they are in.
Municipal elections in Fiji Fiji has established municipal governments have been established for two cities (Suva and Lautoka) and ten towns (Ba, Labasa, Lami, Levuka, Nadi, Nausori, Nasinu, Savusavu, Sigatoka, and Tavua). Each city or town has a council comprising between 8 and 20 members, elected for three-year terms, although the government announced legislation on 15 February 2006 to extend the term to four years.

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