This article describes the subdivisions of
Portugal.Until the early 2000s, Portugal was divided into
districts (distritos, singular: distrito),
municipalities (municípios, singular: município, also known as
concelho) and
civil parishes (
freguesias), only the last two having some political autonomy. This political division had been subject to many attempts to create a more "logical" and practical division in order to better reflect the economical, cultural and demographic reality. A public consultation through a
referendum in
1999 was made in order to create statutary and political regions with some degree of autonomy, but was rejected in the polls.
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