Braga District

Braga District is a district in the northwest of . The district capital is the city of , and it is bordered by the district of in the north, in the east, in the northeast and in the south.
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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.

Stadium
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The is an all-seater football located in , , 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.

Church
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The Cathedral of Braga is a Roman Catholic church in the northern city of , . Due to its long history and artistic significance, it is also one of the most important buildings in the country.

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The is a Catholic shrine in , outside the city of , in northern . Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braga and São Victor.

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is one of the five largest cities of , situated in the region in the . It is known for its abundance of churches and thus called the "city of archbishops".

Suburb
is a parish, located in the municipality of . 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.

Suburb
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is a freguesia, located in the municipality of . The population in 2011 was 13,236, in an area of 2.55 km². In is located the Faculty of Philosophy part of , the and the Colégio D.

Braga District

Latitude
41.5482° or 41° 32′ 54″ north
Longitude
-8.4255° or 8° 25′ 32″ west
Population
831,000
Elevation
194 metres (636 feet)
Open location code
8CHHGHXF+7R
Geo­Names ID
2742031
Wiki­data ID
Q326203
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Braga District” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ብራጋ”
  • 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”
  • Hausa: “Braga”
  • Hindi: “ब्रागा जिला”
  • Hungarian: “Braga”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Braga”
  • Italian: “Braga”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Braga”
  • Japanese: “ブラガ県”
  • Javanese: “Braga”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Braga”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾಗಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Брага”
  • Kirghiz: “Брага”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Braga”
  • Ossetian: “Брагæ (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Брагæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਾਗਾ”
  • Persian: “براگا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه براگا”
  • Polish: “Braga”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Braga”
  • Portuguese: “Braga”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Braga”
  • Pushto: “براگا”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Braga”
  • Spanish: “Braga”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Braga”
  • Swahili: “Braga”
  • Swedish: “Braga”
  • Swedish: “Bragas distrikt”
  • Swedish: “Distrito de Braga”
  • Tajik: “Брага”
  • Tamil: “ப்ராக மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Брага”
  • Telugu: “బ్రాగా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “บรากา”
  • Tumbuka: “Braga District”
  • Turkish: “Braga ili”
  • Turkish: “Braga”
  • Ukrainian: “Брага”
  • Urdu: “براگا ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Braga”
  • Vietnamese: “Braga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Braga”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع براگا”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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