Braga District
Braga District is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Galicia in the northeast and Porto in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of Portugal with 831,000 residents
- Description: district in the northwest of Portugal
- Also known as: “Braga”, “District of Braga”, and “Distrito de Braga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estádio Municipal de Braga and Braga Cathedral.
Estádio Municipal de Braga
Stadium
Photo: Manuel Anastácio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Estádio Municipal de Braga is an all-seater football stadium located in Braga, Portugal, and the current home of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,286 spectators, making it the seventh largest football stadium in Portugal.
Braga Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of Braga is a Roman Catholic church in the northern city of Braga, Portugal. Due to its long history and artistic significance, it is also one of the most important buildings in the country.
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portuguese Catholic shrine in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Braga and São Victor.
Braga
Braga is one of the five largest cities of Portugal, situated in the Minho region in the North of the country. It is known for its abundance of churches and thus called the "city of archbishops".
São Victor
Suburb
São Victor is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 29,642, in an area of 4.08 km². It is named after Saint Victor of Braga, an early Christian martyr who was put to death around AD 300.
Braga District
- Category: electoral unit
- Location: Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Braga District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “براقرة”
- Arabic: “محافظة براغا”
- Arabic: “محافظة براقرة”
- Aragonese: “Destrito de Braga”
- Aragonese: “Districto de Braga”
- Asturian: “Distritu de Braga”
- Azerbaijani: “Braqa”
- Basque: “Braga”
- Basque: “Bragako barrutia”
- Belarusian: “акруга Брага”
- Belarusian: “Акруга Брага”
- Belarusian: “Брага (раён)”
- Belarusian: “Брага”
- Belarusian: “Брагаўскі раён”
- Belarusian: “раён Брага”
- Bengali: “ব্রাগা জেলা”
- Breton: “Distrig Braga”
- Bulgarian: “Брага”
- Catalan: “Braga”
- Catalan: “Districte de Braga”
- Cebuano: “Distrito de Braga”
- Chinese: “Braga Koān”
- Chinese: “布拉加区”
- Chinese: “布拉加區”
- Czech: “Distrikt Braga”
- Danish: “Braga District”
- Dutch: “Braga (district)”
- Dutch: “Braga”
- Dutch: “District Braga”
- Esperanto: “Braga”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Braga”
- Estonian: “Braga ringkond”
- Finnish: “Bragan piiri”
- French: “Braga”
- French: “District de Braga”
- Galician: “Distrito de Braga”
- Georgian: “ბრაგა”
- German: “Braga”
- German: “Distrikt Braga”
- German: “PT-03”
- Greek: “διαμέρισμα της Μπράγκα”
- Gujarati: “બ્રેગા જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “ब्रागा जिला”
- Hungarian: “Braga”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Braga”
- Italian: “Braga”
- Italian: “Distretto di Braga”
- Japanese: “ブラガ県”
- Kabuverdianu: “Braga”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾಗಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Korean: “브라가현”
- Ladino: “Braga”
- Latvian: “Bragas distrikts”
- Limburgan: “Braga”
- Lithuanian: “Bragos apskritis”
- Lombard: “Distret de Braga”
- Malay: “Daerah Braga”
- Maltese: “Braga”
- Marathi: “ब्रागा जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Braga Koān”
- Mingrelian: “ბრაგა”
- Mirandese: “Çtrito de Braga”
- Mirandese: “Distrito de Braga”
- Northern Frisian: “Braga (Distrikt)”
- Northern Frisian: “Braga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Distrito de Braga”
- Norwegian: “Braga”
- Ossetian: “Брагæ (зылд)”
- Ossetian: “Брагæ”
- Persian: “براگا”
- Persian: “ناحیه براگا”
- Polish: “Braga”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Braga”
- Portuguese: “Braga”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Braga”
- Quechua: “Braga distritu”
- Romanian: “Districtul Braga”
- Russian: “Braga”
- Russian: “Брага (округ)”
- Russian: “Брага (Португалия)”
- Russian: “Брага (район)”
- Russian: “Брага”
- Serbian: “Braga”
- Serbian: “Брага”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Braga (distrikt)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Braga”
- Sinhala: “බ්රගා දිස්ත්රික්කය”
- Slovenian: “Distrito de Braga”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Braga”
- Slovenian: “PT-03”
- Spanish: “Braga”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Braga”
- Swedish: “Braga”
- Swedish: “Bragas distrikt”
- Swedish: “Distrito de Braga”
- Tamil: “ப்ராக மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “బ్రాగా జిల్లా”
- Thai: “บรากา”
- Turkish: “Braga ili”
- Turkish: “Braga”
- Ukrainian: “Брага”
- Urdu: “براگا ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Braga”
- Waray (Philippines): “Braga”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع براگا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as São Vicente and Senhor da Veiga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monumento às Vias Romanas and Pius XII Museum.
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