Districts of Portugal

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District
Category	1st-level administrative division
Location	Portugal
Created	1835
Number	18
Populations	104,923 (Portalegre District)–2,275,385 (Lisbon District)
Areas	2,255–10,225 km2
Government	Appointed administration
Subdivisions	Municipality Parish

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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.

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.