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The districts were abolished in Azores and Madeira in 1976, when the autonomous regions were created. In 1998, a proposal was submitted to referendum to create eight administrative regions in mainland Portugal, and so to extinguish the districts. The proposal was rejected at the ballot box and so the districts continued to exist in mainland ...
The subdivisions of Portugal are based on a complicated administrative structure. The second-level administrative division , after the 7 regions and 2 autonomous regions , is 308 municipalities ( concelhos ) which are further subdivided into 3091 civil parishes ( freguesias ).
This is a list of cities in Portugal.In Portugal, a city (Portuguese: cidade) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities . [ 1 ]
The Judiciary of Portugal has a separate geographic system. The government structure is based on the 1976 Constitution, adopted after the 1974 Carnation Revolution. [1] The powers of the 18 Districts were removed when the government decided not to reappoint their Civil Governors in 2011.
Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in continental Portugal and popular tourist winter destination The volcanic lake of Lagoa das Furnas, on the island of São Miguel. Portugal is located on the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula and plateau, that divides the inland Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. It is located on the ...
Portugal has 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions ... Map of Districts of Portugal. Rank District Population % Population Density 1 Lisbon (1) 2,275,385 22.0%
Organização territorial de Portugal; Distritos de Portugal; Categoria:Distritos de Portugal; Categoria:Municípios de Portugal; Categoria:Localidades de Portugal; Categoria:Freguesias de Portugal; Associações de futebol de Portugal; Predefinição:CatPorDis; Usuário(a):Pla y Grande Covián; Lista de áreas protegidas de Portugal; Usage on ...