Place:Bragança, Portugal

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NameBragança
Alt namesBragançasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Bragança districtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDistrict
Coordinates41.5°N 6.75°W
Located inPortugal
Also located inTrás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal    
Contained Places
Concelho
Alfãndega da Fé
Bragança
Carrazeda de Ansiães
Freixo de Espada à Cinta
Macedo de Cavaleiros
Miranda do Douro
Mirandela
Mogadouro
Moncorvo
Vila Flor
Vimioso
Vinhais
Inhabited place
Estação do Mogadouro
Parish
Gavião
Unknown
Brinço
Castro Roupal
Cernadela
Estevais
Fornos de Ledra
Gradissimo
Junqueira
Malta
Meles
Paradinha de Besteiros
Pinhovelo
Valdrez
Vale de Prados
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Bragança District 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 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.[1] The capital of the district, Bragança, is from Porto, the second largest town in Portugal, from the Spanish town of Zamora and 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.

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