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Portugal has 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions (Azores and Madeira). Population figures are from the 2021 census. Population figures are from the 2021 census. [ 1 ]
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.
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 .
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).
The nine regions of Portugal are likewise subdivided into 25 subregions (Portuguese: subregiões) that, from 2015, represent the 2 metropolitan areas, the 21 intermunicipal communities and the 2 autonomous regions. Therefore, since the 2013 revision (enforced in 2015), the Portuguese subregions have a statutory and administrative relevance.
Cruzeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾuˈzei.ɾu]) is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is bordered by SIA and Brasília [note 1] to the north, and Sudoeste/Octogonal to the southeast.
The Federal District was first divided into administrative regions by a 1964 federal law. [3] Prior to this, the regions were not officially defined, but the seven oldest seats of government (Gama, Taguatinga, Brazlândia, Sobradinho, Planaltina, Paranoá, and Núcleo Bandeirante) already existed and were often called satellite cities (Portuguese: cidades satélites) to the capital Brasília ...
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.