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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 (Azores and Madeira). Population figures are from the 2021 census. Population figures are from the 2021 census. [ 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 .
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 Federal District is a legal entity of internal public law, which is part of the political-administrative structure of Brazil, of a nature sui generis, because it is neither a state nor a municipality, but a special entity that accumulates the legislative powers reserved to the states and the municipalities, as provided in art. 32, § 1º of ...
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 ...
Until the reform of Portuguese football in 1948, all clubs in a given district had to participate in the district championship, even those in Primeira Liga and Segunda Divisão; after 1948, a Terceira Divisão was established for transition between the district championship and national leagues and the top level clubs no longer had to play in their district championship (the arrangement did ...
Brazil became a presidential republic following a military coup d'état in 1889. An authoritarian military dictatorship emerged in 1964 and ruled until 1985, after which civilian governance resumed. Brazil's current constitution, enacted in 1988, defines it as a democratic federal republic. Brazil is a regional and middle power and rising ...