Some are companies that actually own the freehold of buildings or roads and communal land.

But politics and encroaching development have taken a large bite out of communal land, and it's difficult to graze large herds.

At the same time, it divided the communal land into allotments among them.

In addition to presiding over local courts, alcaldes are responsible for managing communal land and act as school officers.

There was no communal land, as existed elsewhere, and no communal plan for the village layout.