Municipality of Ilhas
former municipality of Macau
The Municipality of Ilhas (Portuguese: Concelho das Ilhas, lit. 'Municipality of the Islands') was one of the two municipalities (concelhos) of Macau, along with the Municipality 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. The law also provided for the "extinction" (extinção) of the provisional municipalities (municípios provisórios) but had not mentioned anything about the concelhos.
Former municipal organs
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).
The institutions were abolished on 31 December 2001 and replaced by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau the following day.
Divisions of departments
Despite the extinção of the municípios 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., the Departamento Policial das Ilhas (DPI, lit. 'Police Department of the Islands'; which exists alongside the Departamento Policial de Macau).
Below is a non-exhaustive list of government organisations for das Ilhas:
Centro de Serviços da RAEM das Ilhas
O Complexo de Cuidados de Saúde das Ilhas
Posto de Urgência das Ilhas
Cartório Notarial das Ilhas
Centro de Tratamento de Achados e Perdidos das Ilhas
Centro de Prestação de Serviços ao Público das Ilhas
Organisations
Organisations based in das Ilhas:
Associação de Auxílio Mútuo das Ilhas
Federação Industrial e Comercial das Ilhas de Macau
Associação dos Habitantes das Ilhas Kuan Iek de Macau
Freguesias
See also
Municipality of Macau
References
External links
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