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Bragança

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Also known as Bragança District

district of Portugal

Key facts

Country
Portugal
Region
Norte
Subregion
Alto Trás-os-Montes
Historical province
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
District
Bragança
Municipalities
Alfândega da Fé , Bragança , Carrazeda de Ansiães , Freixo de Espada à Cinta , Macedo de Cavaleiros , Miranda do Douro , Mirandela , Mogadouro , Moncorvo , Vila Flor , Vimioso , Vinhais
Civil governor
Jorge Manuel Nogueiro Gomes
Total
136,252
Time zone
UTC0 ( WET )
Summer dst
UTC+1 ( WEST )
Area code
(+351) 273 XXX XXX
Cctld
.pt
Currency
Euro (€)

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Wikidata facts

Country
Portugal
Located in
Portugal
Contains
Bragança
Population
33586
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Zamora Province
Image
Bragança49.jpg
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category of associated people
Category:People from Bragança District
category for people born here
Q8728711
Commons category
Bragança (district)
topic's main category
Category:Bragança District
native label
Distrito de Braganza - Bragança
language used
Galician
different from
Bragança
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Encyclopedic overview

Bragança District (Portuguese: Distrito de Bragança [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ] ; Mirandese: Çtrito de Bergáncia Mirandese pronunciation: [bəɾˈɣãsja]; Leonese: Distritu de Bergancia Leonese pronunciation: [biɾˈɣã.s̻jɐ]) 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. As of the 2011 census the total resident population was 136,252, making it the second-least populous district in Portugal, only surpassing Portalegre District.

Bragança is administratively divided in twelve municipalities and 299 parishes located in the north-eastern part of Trás-os-Montes. 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. 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bragança” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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