A municipal government or town council, especially in Spanish and Spanish-American towns, or the building where such a council meets.
From Spanish 'cabildo,' derived from Latin 'capitulum' meaning 'chapter' or 'assembly.' The word entered English through Spanish colonial history in the Americas.
The cabildo system was how Spain organized colonial cities across the Americas—every major town had one, making it one of the most important governmental structures in colonial history and shaping how Latin American cities are governed today.
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