Lugar is a name for a type of country subdivision in Portugal and Spain.[1]
In Spain, the Spanish; Castilian: Lugar is one of the categories in the official gazetteer of population entities. In the Royal Order and Instruction of the 8 of March of 1930, issued for the elaboration of the Annual gazetteer, the Spanish; Castilian: Lugar is defined as the population entity designated with that title, and also having their dwellings distributed in streets and plazas. As a general rule, the term Spanish; Castilian: Lugar indicates the related population entity that has or has had a jurisdictional term.