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Midões (Tábua)
Midões () is a historic Portuguese village and civil parish in Tábua Tábua () is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071, in an area of 199.79 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into ... municipality, in the District of Coimbra. It covers an area of approximately 19.98 km ² and was recorded as having a population of 1,725, in 2011 with a population density of 86.3 inhabitants/km2. It is situated close to a number of rivers, including Cavalos river, the Sea river and the Mondego river. History Midões played a pivotal historical role and backdrop for the legendary tales of João Brandão and the civil struggles of the Beira area at the time. The village was also home to a number of important and stately figures, including the Viscount of Vinhal, Roque Ribeiro de Abranches Castelo-Branco (the Viscount of Midões) and later his son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Region, Portugal
The Central Region ( pt, Região do Centro, ) or Central Portugal is one of the NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Portugal, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Torres Vedras and Guarda, Portugal, Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and Geography, geographical purposes. Its area totals . As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre. History Inhabited by the Lusitanians, an Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula, the Roman Republic, Romans settled in the region and colonized it as a part of the Roman Province of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
