![[photo, City skyline with marinas on Patapsco River (view from Canton), Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/images/5458-7-035b.jpg)
Municpalities are towns or cities that are self-governing. Most commonly, they have been incorporated by an act of the General Assembly, though sometimes by referendum.
City skyline with marinas on Patapsco River (view from Canton), Baltimore, Maryland, May 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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