Editing Local government (section)

===Portugal===
{{Main article|Autonomous regions of Portugal|Districts of Portugal|Municipalities of Portugal|Freguesias of Portugal}}

Currently, mainland Portugal is divided into 18 districts (in Portuguese, ''distritos''). Each district takes the name of their respective capital city.  Insular Portugal, comprising the two [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] [[archipelago]]s of the [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]], is organized as two [[Autonomous regions of Portugal|autonomous regions]] (in Portuguese, ''regiões autónomas'').

Each district and each Autonomous region is divided into municipalities (in Portuguese, ''municípios'') which, in turn, are subdivided into parishes (in Portuguese, ''[[freguesia]]s'').

Since 1976, when the two Autonomous regions of Portugal were established, the Azores and Madeira are no longer divided into districts.