Description Castelo Branco

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"Castelo Branco is a Portuguese city, capital of the district of Castelo Branco and located in the statistical region of the Center, in the sub-region of Beira Baixa and in the former province of the same name, with about 34,000 inhabitants in its urban perimeter.

It is home to the third largest Portuguese municipality, with 1 438.19 km² of area and about 57 000 inhabitants, subdivided into 19 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Fundão, to the east by Idanha-a-Nova, to the south by Spain, to the southwest by Vila Velha de Ródão and to the west by Proença-a-Nova and Oleiros.

Unlike other cities in the region, which grew notably due to the textile industry, Castelo Branco has always had a geostrategic and political importance in Portugal. It is not, therefore, subject to the economic fluctuations that have displaced textile companies - especially manual labor disqualified - as happened in the northern region and Cova da Beira. The predominant sociological composition is therefore also very different from other cities of the working class culture. "

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