Municipality of Ilhas Concelho das Ilhas | |
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 Taipa and Coloane | |
| Dissolved | 31 December 2001 (2001-12-31) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 海島市 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 海岛市 | ||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | hói dóu síh | ||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Hoi2 Dou2 Si5 | ||||||||||||
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TheMunicipality of Ilhas (Portuguese:Concelho das Ilhas,lit. 'Municipality of the Islands') was one of the twomunicipalities (concelhos) ofMacau, along with theMunicipality of Macau.
Its organs, the Municipal Council of Ilhas (Câmara Municipal das Ilhas) and the Municipal Assembly of Ilhas (Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas), had been abolished. The law provided for their dissolution (dissolução) became effective on 31 December 2001.[1] The law also provided for the "extinction" (extinção) of the provisional municipalities (municípios provisórios)[1] but had not mentioned anything about the concelhos.
Following the handover of Macau to China on 20 December 1999, they were renamed as Provisional Municipal Council of Ilhas (Câmara Municipal das Ilhas Provisória) and the Provisional Municipal Assembly of Ilhas (Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas Provisória).[2]
The institutions were abolished on 31 December 2001 and replaced by theCivic and Municipal Affairs Bureau the following day.[1]
Despite theextinção of themunicípios provisórios and the dissolution of the municipal councils and assemblies in 2001, certain government departments have maintained divisions for "das Ilhas" (the Islands), e.g., theDepartamento Policial das Ilhas (DPI,lit. 'Police Department of the Islands'; which exists alongside theDepartamento Policial de Macau).
Below is a non-exhaustive list of government organisations for das Ilhas:
Organisations based in das Ilhas:
| Freguesia (Parish) and Zone | 2013 Area (km2)[3] | 2013 Area (mi2) | 2013 Population[4] | Density (/km2) | Density (/mi2) | |
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 | Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo 嘉模堂區 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 92,200 | 12,131 | 31,793 |
 | Freguesia de São Francisco Xavier 聖方濟各堂區 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 9,300 | 1,224 | 3,207 |
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Note: The civil parishes are purely symbolic. There are currently no political administrative subdivisions in Macau, and instead, theMunicipal Affairs Bureau handles some of the functions formerly handled by the abolished municipalities, the former had replaced the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau that was formed in 2002. | ||||||
22°9′35″N113°33′34″E / 22.15972°N 113.55944°E /22.15972; 113.55944
