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Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead: Tyne and Wear metropolitan borough formed 1 April 1974, on the south bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle; 55 square miles, over 200,000 people, 66 councillors in 22 wards.
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham: Greater Manchester metropolitan district (E08000004), created 1 April 1974 from the County Borough of Oldham plus Chadderton, Failsworth, Crompton, Royton, Lees, and Saddleworth; population about 252,000, governed by Oldham Council.
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, created on 1 April 1974 and governed by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.
Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
Metropolitan Borough of St Helens: Merseyside metropolitan district formed 1 April 1974, governed from St Helens town hall; over 180,000 people, 18 wards, two town centres (St Helens, Earlestown), Liverpool City Region Combined Authority member.
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan: Greater Manchester borough created 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from 14 Lancashire districts; first mayor Robert Matthew Lyons; population about 329,300 (2021).
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County, Florida: most populous Florida county, created 1836 as Dade County, renamed by voters November 13, 1997. County seat Miami; 34 municipalities; 2.8 million residents; two-tier government since 1957.
Middlesex
Middlesex (Middx) is a historic county in southeast England, the smallest by area, bounded by the Thames, Colne and Lea; its administrative county was absorbed into Greater London in 1965, but the geographic county persists.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts: county incorporated May 10, 1643 with seat at Cambridge; county government abolished July 11, 1997 (St 1997 c 48) amid fiscal emergency; most populous Massachusetts county, 1,632,002 (2020).
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex County, New Jersey: county seat New Brunswick; established March 7, 1683 as an original East Jersey county; 25 municipalities; 863,162 residents (2020); Raritan River county with Rutgers flagship campus.
Mohave County
Mohave County, Arizona: northwestern county, county seat Kingman; one of Arizona's four original 1864 counties, second largest in the state at about 13,470 square miles; 228,102 residents (2025 est.); home of London Bridge, Route 66, Grand Canyon West.
Mòl Sen Nikola
Mòl Sen Nikola (Mòlsennikola, French Môle Saint-Nicolas) is a commune in Haiti's Nord-Ouest department, chief town of its arrondissement; Columbus landed there 6 December 1492, and it has 37,029 residents (2024 est.).
Molde Municipality
Molde Municipality (Molde kommune, no. 1506) is a Møre og Romsdal municipality formed in 2020 by merging Molde, Midsund, and Nesset; 33,291 residents (2026), center Molde town, highest peak Høgbøra 1,964 m.
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County, New Jersey: county founded March 7, 1683 as one of East Jersey's four original counties; seat Freehold; 53 municipalities; about 651,000 residents on the Jersey Shore near New York City.
Monroe County, Florida
Monroe County, Florida: southernmost Florida county, established July 3, 1823, named for President James Monroe; covers the Florida Keys, Key West, and mainland Everglades lands; county seat Key West; population 82,874 (2020).
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, incorporated 1868, a railroad commuter town of about 41,000 with a magnet school system, six NJ Transit stations, and a noted artist and diversity heritage.
Monterey County, California
Monterey County, California: original 1850 county on the central coast, seat Salinas. 439,035 residents (2020), 62.9% Hispanic, $11.7 billion agriculture, major defense and tourism economy.
Montes Claros
Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil: northern Minas's largest city and a level-B regional capital (REGIC 2020). 414,240 residents (2022 census), founded 1707, city status 1857, IPS Brasil 2024 top-5 in Minas Gerais.
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County, Maryland: most populous Maryland county adjacent to Washington, D.C.; founded 1776 from Frederick County, named for General Richard Montgomery; county seat Rockville; home rule since 1948; 1,074,582 residents (2025 estimate).
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a southeastern Pennsylvania county created September 10, 1784 from Philadelphia County, county seat Norristown; 856,553 residents (2020), 62 municipalities, three-commissioner government, over $1 billion budget.
Mopani District Municipality
Mopani District Municipality (DC33), a Category C district municipality in north-eastern Limpopo, South Africa, seat Giyani, comprising Greater Letaba, Greater Giyani, Greater Tzaneen, Ba-Phalaborwa, and Maruleng; a Water Services Authority with persistent poor audit outcomes.
Moray
Moray is one of Scotland's 32 council areas in the northeast, based at Elgin between the Cairngorms and the Moray Firth. Population 94,730 in 2025, area 2,238 sq km, council budget £311.98m for 2026/27.
Moreton Bay (district)
Moreton Bay (district): the coastal district of South East Queensland around Moreton Bay, now the City of Moreton Bay LGA north of Brisbane; 476,340 people (2021), formed 2008 from Caboolture, Redcliffe, and Pine Rivers.
Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula: Victorian peninsula southeast of Melbourne between Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, and Bass Strait; 723 km2, 175,153 people, 70% Green Wedge, Victoria's leading tourism region, classified metropolitan under the Planning and Environment Act 1987.
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey: county in northern New Jersey, county seat Morristown, formed March 15, 1739 from Hunterdon County and named for Royal Governor Lewis Morris; 509,285 residents (2020), 39 municipalities, seven elected County Commissioners.
Mossoró
Mossoró, second largest city of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; semi-arid interior hub, Brazil's largest salt and onshore oil producer, melon exporter, early abolition (1883), first female vote (1928), resisted Lampião (1927).
Motovun
Motovun (Montona) is a hilltop town in central Istria, Croatia, 227 m above the Mirna valley, first recorded in 804, under Venice 1278–1797, on the UNESCO tentative list, known for truffles, Teran wine, and its film festival.
Mukim Pulai
Mukim Pulai (蒲來, வேளை) is a sub-district in Malaysia's Johor Bahru, with 505,601 residents in 2020. The census ranked it as the third most populous mukim in the nation.
Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah County, Oregon: Portland-seat county created December 22, 1854 as Oregon Territory's 13th county; smallest by area at 465 square miles, most populous of Oregon's 36 counties, governed by a home rule charter with a countywide Chair and four district commissioners.
Municipalities of the Philippines
Municipalities (bayan) are Philippine local government units between provinces and barangays; 1,493 exist as of 2025, each led by an elected mayor and sangguniang bayan under the 1991 Local Government Code, classified into five income classes under RA 11964.
Municipio de Camagüey
Municipio de Camagüey, the capital municipality of Camagüey province, Cuba, seat of the former villa of Puerto Príncipe; 329,611 residents in 2012, governed by a Municipal Assembly of People's Power, with a UNESCO-listed 54-hectare historic center inscribed in 2008.