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Beira Interior Sul () is a former
NUTS3 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003 ...
subregion of
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
integrating the NUTS2
Centro Region The Central Region ( pt, Região do Centro, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, ...
. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 It was bordered to the east and south by
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
, to the north by the Cova da Beira and
Beira Interior Norte Beira Interior Norte () is a former Portuguese subregion (NUTS level 3) in the Centro Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.Pinhal Interior Sul subregion. It was created around the city of Castelo Branco (pop. 32,000). The main economic activity is agriculture and some related light industry. In its borders lies the International Tagus Natural Park that is one of the least densely populated areas in Portugal. The subregion covers an area of 3,738 km2 for a population of 75,925 inhabitants and an overall density of 20,3 inhabitants/km2 (the third least densely populated Portuguese NUTS3 subregions)


Municipalities

Its four municipalities are: * Castelo Branco *
Idanha-a-Nova Idanha-a-Nova () is a town and surrounding municipality in the district of Castelo Branco, in east-central Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 9,716, in an area of 1416.34 km2, making it ...
*
Penamacor Penamacor ( or ) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,682, in an area of . The mayor is António Luís Beites Soares. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. Parishes Administrativel ...
* Vila Velha de Ródão


References

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