Guarda District

Guarda District
District
Coat of arms
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro (partly Norte, only Foz Coa)
Historical province	Beira Alta Province (partly Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province)
No. of municipalities	14
No. of parishes	336
Capital	Guarda
Area
• Total	5,518 km2 (2,131 sq mi)
Population
• Total	173,716
• Density	31/km2 (82/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	PT-09
No. of parliamentary representatives	3

The district of Guarda (Portuguese: Distrito de Guarda [ˈɡwaɾðɐ] ^ⓘ) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal, except Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is in the Norte Region. The district capital and most populous city is Guarda. It borders Spain.

The district contains 14 municipalities:

• Aguiar da Beira
• Almeida
• Celorico da Beira
• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
• Fornos de Algodres
• Gouveia
• Guarda
• Manteigas
• Mêda
• Pinhel
• Sabugal
• Seia
• Trancoso
• Vila Nova de Foz Côa

The following seat of municipalities have city (cidade)status: Gouveia, Guarda, Meda, Pinhel, Sabugal, Trancoso.

Beira Interior Norte, Serra da Estrela, Douro and Dão-Lafões.

The main mountain ranges are the Serra da Estrela and Serra da Marofa. The main rivers are the Mondego, Côa, and Douro.

• Guarda Sé/ Cathedral of Guarda.
• Castles:(Castelos de) Pinhel, Sabugal, Sortelha, Marialva, Celorico, Rodrigo, Almeida, Trancoso.
• Pelourinhos de Pinhel and Alverca da Beira.

• Barregão, a village located in the district of Guarda

40°32′13″N 7°16′05″W / 40.53694°N 7.26806°W / 40.53694; -7.26806