Districts of Portugal

The Districts of Portugal (Portuguese: Distritos de Portugal) are the most important first-level administrative subdivisions of continental Portugal. Currently, mainland Portugal is divided into 18 districts.

District
Category1st-level administrative division
LocationPortugal
Created
  • 1835
Number18
Populations104,923 (Portalegre District)–2,275,385 (Lisbon District)
Areas2,255–10,225 km2
Government
  • Appointed administration
Subdivisions
Politics of Portugal
Constitution
Executive
  • President (list)
    Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
  • Prime Minister (list)
    Luís Montenegro
  • Cabinet
Legislature
Judiciary
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
  • Other countries

As an administrative division, each district serves mainly as the area of jurisdiction of a civil governor, who acts as the local delegate of the Central Government of Portugal.

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