The
District
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of Guarda ( ) is located in the
Centro Region
The Central Region (, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Castelo Branco and Guarda. It is one of the seven Regi ...
of
Portugal
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, except
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is in the
Norte Region. The district capital and most populous city is
Guarda. It borders
Castile and León
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(
Spain
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).
Municipalities
The district contains 14 municipalities:
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Aguiar da Beira
Aguiar da Beira () is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,473, in an area of .
The present Mayor is Virgílio da Cunha, elected by an independent group of citizens. The municipal holiday is February 10.
Hi ...
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Almeida
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Celorico da Beira
Celorico da Beira () is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,693,[Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo () is a municipality in the District of Guarda (district), Guarda in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,150, in an area of 508.57 km2.
Located in the Riba Coa (near the River Coa), just like other municipalities ...]
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Fornos de Algodres
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Gouveia
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Guarda
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Manteigas
Manteigas () is a town and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,430, in an area of .
The municipality is located in Guarda District; in Centro Region and Beira Interior Norte Subregion. It is located in the Serra da Estrela Mou ...
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Mêda
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Pinhel
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Sabugal
Sabugal () is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda, Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,544, in an area of 822.70 km2. The city proper, located along the Côa river, has ...
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Seia
Seia () is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 21,755, in an area of . Its urban population is about 7,000. Seia was elevated to city status on 3 July 1986. The municipality is situated on the northwestern slop ...
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Trancoso
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Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Cities
The following seat of municipalities have city (cidade)status:
Gouveia, Guarda, Meda, Pinhel, Sabugal, Trancoso.
Subregions Included within the District of Guarda
Beira Interior Norte,
Serra da Estrela
Serra da Estrela (, ) is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the Sistema Central and also one of the highest in the system. It includes mainland Portuga ...
,
Douro
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and
Dão-Lafões.
Geography
The main mountain ranges are the
Serra da Estrela
Serra da Estrela (, ) is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the Sistema Central and also one of the highest in the system. It includes mainland Portuga ...
and
Serra da Marofa. The main rivers are the
Mondego,
Côa, and
Douro
The Douro (, , , ; ; ) is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in the Spanish Soria Province, province of Soria, meanders briefly south, then flows generally west through the northern par ...
.
Main Monuments/Castles
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Guarda Sé/
Cathedral of Guarda.
*Castles:(Castelos de) Pinhel, Sabugal, Sortelha, Marialva, Celorico, Rodrigo, Almeida, Trancoso.
*Pelourinhos de
Pinhel and
Alverca da Beira.
Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022
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!colspan=2 , 1976
!colspan=2 , 1979
!colspan=2 , 1980
!colspan=2 , 1983
!colspan=2 , 1985
!colspan=2 , 1987
!colspan=2 , 1991
!colspan=2 , 1995
!colspan=2 , 1999
!colspan=2 , 2002
!colspan=2 , 2005
!colspan=2 , 2009
!colspan=2 , 2011
!colspan=2 , 2015
!colspan=2 , 2019
!colspan=2 , 2022
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PS , , 25.2 , , 2 , , 26.3 , , 1 , , 26.3 , , 1 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 33.5 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2 , , 23.3 , , 2 , , 21.8 , , 1 , , 26.8 , , 1 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 43.7 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 43.4 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2 , , 34.7 , , 2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 46.8 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 36.0 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2 , , 28.3 , , 1 , , 33.8 , , 2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 37.6 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 45.1 , , style="background:#FF66FF;", 2
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, align="left",
PSD , , 25.7 , , 2 , , align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2, ''In
AD'' , , 31.5 , , 2 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 33.6 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 2 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 60.0 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 4 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 58.6 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 3 , , 39.9 , , 2 , , 39.2, , 2 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 48.5 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 2 , , 34.7 , , 2 , , 35.6 , , 2 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 46.3 , , style="background:#FF9900;", 3 , , align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2, ''In
PàF'' , , 34.3 , , 1 , , 33.5 , , 1
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, align="left",
CDS-PP , , style="background:#0093DD;", 32.1 , , style="background:#0093DD;", 2 , , 23.8 , , 1 , , 19.5 , , 1 , , 6.6 , , , , 5.9 , , , , 9.9 , , , , 9.8 , , , , 9.6 , , , , 7.0 , , , , 11.2 , , , , 11.2 , , , , 5.0 , , , , 2.2 , ,
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, align="left",
AD , , colspan=2, , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 60.6 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 4 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 60.6 , , style="background:#00FFFF;", 4 , , colspan=26,
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PàF , , colspan=26, , , style="background:#00AAAA;", 45.6 , , style="background:#00AAAA;", 2 , , colspan=4,
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! Total seats , , colspan=2, 6 , , colspan=10, 5 , , colspan=16, 4 , , colspan=4, 3
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! colspan=33, Source
Comissão Nacional de Eleições
See also
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Barregão, a village located in the district of Guarda
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Districts of Portugal