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[[Exclusive economic zone of Portugal|The exclusive economic zone]], a sea zone over which the Portuguese have special rights in exploration and have use of marine resources, covers an area of {{Convert|1,727,408|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. This is the 3rd largest [[exclusive economic zone]] of the European Union and the 20th largest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/portugal-tenta-duplicar-territorio-maritimo-8703814.html|title=Portugal tenta duplicar território marítimo|last=Francisco|first=Susete|date=14 August 2017|website=Diário de Notícias|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207083806/https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/portugal-tenta-duplicar-territorio-maritimo-8703814.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Administrative divisions ===
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Portugal}}
Administratively, Portugal is divided into 308 [[municipalities of Portugal|municipalities]] (''municípios'' or ''[[concelhos]]''), which after a reform in [[2013 Portuguese local election|2013]] are subdivided into 3,092 civil parishes ({{langx|pt|[[freguesia]]}}). Operationally, the municipality and civil parish, along with the national government, are the only legally [[local administrative unit]]s identified by the government of Portugal (for example, cities, towns or villages have no standing in law, although may be used as catchment for the defining services). ''Continental Portugal'' is agglomerated into 18 districts, while the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are governed as [[autonomous area|autonomous regions]]; the largest units, established since 1976, are either mainland Portugal and the [[autonomous regions of Portugal]] ([[Azores]] and [[Madeira]]). Until 1959, Portugal was also divided into [[Provinces of Portugal|provinces]], which had executive and deliberative bodies.<ref>José J.X. Sobral (11 August 2008)</ref>
The 18 districts of mainland Portugal are: [[Aveiro District|Aveiro]], [[Beja District|Beja]], [[Braga District|Braga]], [[Bragança District|Bragança]], [[Castelo Branco District|Castelo Branco]], [[Coimbra District|Coimbra]], [[Évora District|Évora]], [[Faro District|Faro]], [[Guarda District|Guarda]], [[Leiria District|Leiria]], [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]], [[Portalegre District|Portalegre]], [[Porto District|Porto]], [[Santarém District|Santarém]], [[Setúbal District|Setúbal]], [[Viana do Castelo District|Viana do Castelo]], [[Vila Real District|Vila Real]] and [[Viseu District|Viseu]] – each district takes the name of the district capital.
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