Geography of Macau

'''''' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau. In the past, it was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The civil parishes and communities in England and Wales and in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a in Portugal. The average land area of a Portuguese parish is about and an

Entry for Macao in ISO 3166-2

historic administrative subdivisions of Macau

street in Macau

geography of the special region in China

time zone

short canal separating Macau and Zhuhai in China

government agency of Macau

Concelho () is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial subdivision in local government. In comparison, the word município () refers to the organs of State. This differentiation is still in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces, but is no longer in use in Brazil following the abolition of these organs, in favour of the French prefecture system. It is similar to borough and council.