Place:Castelo Branco, Portugal

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Place Information
Name
Castelo Branco
Alternate names
Castelo Branco district     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
District
Coordinates
40.0°N 7.5°W
Located in
Portugal
Contained Places

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Concelho
Belmonte
Castelo Branco ( 700 - )
Covilhã
Fundão
Idanha-a-Nova
Oleiros
Penamacor
Proença-a-Nova
Sertã
Vila Velha de Ródão
Vila de Rei
Inhabited place
Foz Giraldo
Unknown
Aldeia do Carvalho
Aldeia do Mato
Alfrivida
Cebola
Esteval
Freixial
Peso (Vila de Rei)
Sarnadas de Rodão
Sobral de Baixo
Vale de Lobo
Zebras
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

The District of Castelo Branco is located in Central Portugal, the District Capital is Castelo Branco,which is now also the most populous city, although the city of Covilhã was once the largest city.

It has an area of 6675 km² (4th largest in Portugal), and a population of 208,069 inhabitants.

The district is composed of 11 municipalities:

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