Bragança District
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/32977
- Note
- "Bragança District (Portuguese: Distrito de Bragança [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ] (listen); Mirandese: Çtrito de Bergáncia) is a traditional political division of Portugal, in the northeast corner bordering on Spain (Castile and Leon and Galicia) , covering 7.4% of the nation´s continental landmass. The capital of the district, Bragança, is 217 kilometres (135 mi) from Porto, the second largest town in Portugal, 107 kilometres (66 mi) from the Spanish town of Zamora and 169 kilometres (105 mi) from Salamanca, also in Spain. Bragança is administratively divided in twelve municipalities and 299 parishes located in the north-eastern part of Trás-os-Montes. As of the 2011 census[update], the total resident population was approximately 136,252. It is bordered by Spain (Castile and Leon and Galicia) in the north and northeast, Vila Real District in the west, Viseu District in the southwest and Guarda District in the south." - (en.wikipedia.org 23.09.2020)
- Latitude
- 41.807201385498
- Longitude
- -6.7591700553894
- Population
- 148,808
- Time zone
- Europe/Lisbon
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