Districts of Portugal

District
Category	1st-level administrative division
Location	Portugal
Created	1835
Number	18
Populations	127,018–2,135,992
Areas	2,255–10,225 km²
Government	Appointed administration
Subdivisions	Municipality Parish

The Districts of Portugal (Portuguese: Distritos de Portugal) are administrative regions of Portugal. It is divided into 18 districts.

Each district has their own civil governor, who is part of the Central Government of Portugal.

List

District	Area	Population	Municipalities	Parishes	Province of 1936	Region
Aveiro	2,808	714,200	19	147	Beira Litoral Province + Douro Litoral Province	Norte, Centro
Beja	10,225	152,758	14	75	Baixo Alentejo	Alentejo
Braga	2,673	848,185	14	347	Minho	Norte
Bragança	6,608	136,252	12	226	Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province	Norte
Castelo Branco	6,675	196,264	11	120	Beira Baixa Province	Centro
Coimbra	3,947	430,104	17	155	Beira Baixa Province, Beira Litoral	Centro
Évora	7,393	166,706	14	69	Alto Alentejo	Alentejo
Faro	4,960	451,006	16	67	Algarve Province	Algarve
Guarda	5,518	160,939	14	242	Beira Alta Province (partly Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro)	Centro (partly Norte, only Vila Nova de Foz Côa)
Leiria	3,515	470,930	16	110	Beira Litoral Province, Estremadura	Centro
Lisbon	2,800	2,250,533	16	134	Estremadura (partly Ribatejo)	Lisbon (partly Alentejo)
Portalegre	6,065	118,506	15	69	Alto Alentejo Province (partly Ribatejo)	Alentejo
Porto	2,395	1,817,117	18	243	Douro Litoral Province	Norte
Santarém	6,747	453,638	21	141	Ribatejo Province (partly Beira Baixa and Beira Litoral)	Centro, Alentejo
Setúbal	5,064	851,258	13	55	Estremadura Province, Baixo Alentejo Province	Lisbon, Alentejo
Viana do Castelo	2,255	244,836	10	208	Minho	Norte
Vila Real	4,328	206,661	14	197	Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro	Norte
Viseu	5,007	377,653	24	277	Beira Alta, (partly Douro Litoral)	Centro, Norte