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Castelo Branco

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Castelo Branco

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Also known as Castelo Branco District

district of Portugal

Key facts

Country
Portugal
Region
Centro
Historical province
Beira Baixa
Capital
Castelo Branco
Total
6,675 km (2,577 sq mi)
Density
33.85/km (87.66/sq mi)
Iso 3166 code
PT-05

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
electoral unit
Country
Portugal
Located in
Portugal
Population
52192
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Leiria
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Commons category
Castelo Branco (district)
category for people born here
Q14439305
different from
Castelo Branco
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Encyclopedic overview

Castelo Branco District (Portuguese: Distrito de Castelo Branco [kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈβɾɐ̃ku] ) is located in Central Portugal. Its capital is Castelo Branco, which is now also its most populous city, overtaking Covilhã, which was once the largest city, in the late 2010s.

It has an area of 6,675 km (2,577 sq mi) (4th largest in Portugal), and a population of 225,916 inhabitants. It borders Spain (Extremadura).

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

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