 Each municipality has a municipal council ("consejo municipal") made up of 7 to 21 members depending on the municipality's population.Municipal councillors are elected using the same electoral system used for departmental assemblies.Municipalities may be further subdivide themselves into "comunas" (in urban areas) and "corregimientos municipales" (in rural areas) which are administered by a local administrative board ("Juntas Administrativas Locales", JAL).