 An order in council to incorporate any municipality must give the municipality an official name.Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 16 still have "municipal district" in their official names, while 47 of them have branded themselves as "counties" in their official names.The use of the "county" term in the official names of 47 municipal districts (and three specialized municipalities) has partially led to a common belief that a "county" is its own separate municipal status type, which is not the case.