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The Districts of Portugal were established by a royal decree of 18 July 1835. On the Portuguese mainland, they correspond to the current districts, with the exception of Setúbal District, which is the result of a split of Lisbon District in 1926.
Portugal has 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions ... By population. Map of Districts of Portugal. Rank District Population % Population Density 1 Lisbon (1 ...
Mainland Portugal is divided into 18 Districts, but they are being phased out. See Subdivisions of Portugal for details of the replacement subdivisions. There are also two Autonomous Regions in Portugal, both of which occupy islands: the Azores and Madeira .
The Federal District (Portuguese: Distrito Federal [dʒisˈtɾitu fedeˈɾaw] ⓘ) is one of 27 federative units of Brazil. Located in the Center-West Region, it is the smallest Brazilian federal unit and the only one that has no municipalities, being divided into 35 administrative regions.
Programa Nacional da Política de Ordenamento do Território: Relatório [National Political Program of Territorial Organization: Report] (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Direcção-Geral do Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Urbano. Faculty of Economics, ed. (2010).
In 1549, the Portuguese Crown appointed Tomé de Sousa as the first governor-general of the vast Portuguese dominion in South America, known as the State of Brazil (Estado do Brasil). In 1621, the northern part of the dominion was detached, becoming a separate entity known as the State of Maranhão .
There are 5569 municipalities in Brazil, comprising almost the entirety of the country's territory. The only exceptions are the Federal District (not divided into municipalities, but into 35 administrative regions, without any political autonomy) and the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, which consists in a state district of Pernambuco.
The National Congress (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional) is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government.Unlike the state legislative assemblies and municipal chambers, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house).