Municipality of Ilhas explained

Municipality of Ilhas
Native Name Lang:	pt
Settlement Type:	Prefecture

T:	海島市
S:	海岛市
P:	Hǎidǎoshì
J:	Hoi2 Dou2 Si5

The Municipality of Ilhas (Portuguese: Concelho das Ilhas, literally "Municipality of the Islands") was one of the two municipalities of Macau, along with the Municipality of Macau. Its organs were the municipal council (Câmara Municipal das Ilhas) and the municipal assembly (Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas) (Câmara Municipal das Ilhas Provisória and Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas Provisória after December 20, 1999). Per Law No. 17/2001, the two municipalities were abolished on December 31, 2001 and replaced by the Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais (Institute of Civic and Municipal Affairs) the following day.

Freguesias

Freguesia (Parish) and Zone		2013 Area (km^2)^[1]	2013 Area (mi^2)	2013 Population^[2]	Density (/km^2)	Density (/mi^2)
	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

See also

• Municipality of Macau

External links

• Law No. 17/2001 - Creation of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (in Chinese) (in Portuguese) - Dissolution of the Câmaras Municipal and Assembleias Municipal, and Establishment of Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais

22.1597°N 113.5594°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estatístico: Área de solos das freguesias. Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro de Macau. 27 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101203114/http://www.dscc.gov.mo/ENG/knowledge/geo_statistic.html. 1 November 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Estatísticas: Demográficas e Estimativas da População. Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos de Macau. 27 October 2014.