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Manitoba is the fifth-most populous province in Canada with 1,208,268 residents as of 2011 and is the sixth-largest in land area at approximately .〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses )〕 Manitoba's 137 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass yet are home to of its population.〔 These municipalities provide local government services to their residents. A municipality in Manitoba is "a municipality that is continued or formed under" the ''Municipal Act'', which was enacted in 1996. Municipalities that can be formed under this legislation include urban municipalities (cities, towns and villages) and rural municipalities.〔 The ''Local Government Districts Act'', enacted in 1987, allows the formation of local government districts as another municipality type.〔 Of Manitoba's 137 municipalities, 37 of them are urban municipalities (10 cities, 25 towns and 2 villages), 98 are rural municipalities and 2 are local government districts.〔 The ''Municipal Act'' and the ''Local Government Districts Act'' stipulate governance of these municipalities.〔〔 Additional charters or acts are in place specifically for the cities of Brandon, Flin Flon, Portage la Prairie, Thompson and Winnipeg, the towns of Morris and Winnipeg Beach, and the rural municipalities of Kelsey, St. Andrews and Victoria Beach. The ''Municipal Act'', the ''Local Government Districts Act'', and all these additional acts and charters were enacted at the provincial level by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, representing Queen Elizabeth II, on the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.〔〔〔 The Government of Manitoba's Department of Local Government is responsible for providing provincial services to municipalities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Manitoba Local Government )〕 Over half of Manitoba's population resides in the City of Winnipeg, the provincial capital, with a population with 663,617.〔 The City of Brandon is the province's second-most populous municipality with 46,061 residents.〔 Manitoba's smallest municipality by population is the Local Government District of Mystery Lake with 10 residents.〔 The largest municipality by land area is the Rural Municipality (RM) of Reynolds at , while the smallest by land area is the Village of Lac du Bonnet at .〔 Manitoba's first municipality was the RM of Springfield (originally Springfield-Sunnyside).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Regional Profiles – Tourism Profiles – RM of Springfield )〕 It was incorporated on September 27, 1873. Winnipeg was incorporated as a city a few weeks later on November 8, 1873. == Urban municipalities == Manitoba's ''Municipal Act'', enacted in 1996, defines urban municipality as an incorporated "area with at least 1,000 residents and a population density of at least 400 residents per square kilometre."〔 An urban municipality, upon formation, may be named a "city", "town", "village" or "urban municipality", although there is a minimum 7,500 population requirement that limits the naming of cities.〔 Combined, Manitoba has 37 urban municipalities comprising 10 cities, 25 towns and 2 villages. The 37 urban municipalities have a total population of 846,203, a total land area of , and an average population of 22,870. These totals represent of Manitoba's population and of its land area. Of Manitoba's 37 urban municipalities, 6 have populations less than the current minimum population requirement of 1,000 and 20 have less than the current minimum density requirement of 400 residents per square kilometre. All of these were incorporated as urban municipalities prior to the ''Municipal Act'' being enacted in 1996.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of municipalities in Manitoba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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