Palmeira is a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

parish, located in the municipality of

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

. The population in 2011 was 5,468,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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. Braga Airport (Aérodromo Municipal de Braga)(BGZ) is located in Palmeira. The Circuito Vasco Sameiro is located at the airport.

Main sights

* Dona Chica Castle (Castelo de Dona Chica), from Ernesto Korrodi. * Cávado rivervalley

References

Freguesias of Braga {{braga-geo-stub