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Beira Baixa

Beira Baixa is a former province of the Central region of . It roughly corresponds to the current Castelo Branco District. It is mostly rural, except for the cities of Castelo Branco and Covilhã.
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Top destinations include Castelo Branco and Covilhã.

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is a city of 56,000 people in central . All its points of interest can be visited in one day. It is also a good base for visiting the International Tagus Natural Park, the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, and Idanha-a-Nova.

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, officially City, is a city and a municipality in the Centro region, . The city proper had 33,691 inhabitants in 2021. The municipality population in 2021 was 46,455 in an area of 555.60 square kilometres.

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, officially the City of , is a city and a municipality in the in Portugal. proper is an old city with 8,369 inhabitants in 2001, situated at the point where the slope of the range meets the Cova da Beira plains, 500 metres above sea level.

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, officially Town of , is a town and municipality and town in the district of Castelo Branco, Portugal. The municipality's population in 2021 was 6,205, in an area of 118.76 square kilometres.

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is a municipality in the Beira Baixa, a region of Central Portugal. It includes Monsanto, an ancient fortified village perched on the side of the mountain.

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, officially the Town of , is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,314, in an area of 395.40 km2. The present mayor is João Lobo. The municipal holiday is June 13.

Beira Baixa

Latitude of center
39.9427° or 39° 56′ 34″ north
Longitude of center
-7.5784° or 7° 34′ 42″ west
Elevation
338 metres (1,109 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13078867387
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
2270989
Wiki­data ID
Q792096
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Beira Baixa” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বেইরা বাইক্সা”
  • Breton: “Beira Baixa”
  • Catalan: “Beira Baixa”
  • Chinese: “下貝拉”
  • Chinese: “下贝拉”
  • Chinese: “下贝拉省”
  • Dutch: “Beira Baixa”
  • French: “Beira Baixa”
  • Galician: “Beira Baixa”
  • Georgian: “ბეირა-ბაიშა”
  • German: “Beira Baixa”
  • Hungarian: “Beira Baixa”
  • Italian: “Beira Baixa”
  • Italian: “Beira Bassa”
  • Japanese: “ベイラ・バイシャ”
  • Japanese: “ベイラ・バイシャ州”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Beira Baixa”
  • Portuguese: “Beira Baixa”
  • Portuguese: “Província da Beira Baixa”
  • Russian: “Бейра Байша”
  • Russian: “Бейра-Байша”
  • Spanish: “Beira baixa”
  • Spanish: “Beira Baixa”
  • Spanish: “Beira Baja”
  • Swedish: “Beira Baixa”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейра-Байша”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижня Бейра”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Beira Baixa”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.