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Centro region
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NUTS II designated region of Portugal
Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Central
- Provinces
- Beiras
- Capital
- Coimbra
- Total
- 28,462 km (10,989 sq mi)
- Density
- 81.759/km (211.75/sq mi)
- Per capita
- €23,236 (2024)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( WEST )
- Hdi 2021
- 0.857 , very high · 2nd
- Nuts
- PT16
- Website
- www.centerofportugal.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Portugal
- Has part
- Coimbra Region
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- continental Portugal
- Shares border with
- Alentejo region
- Image
- Foto3 SGiao Small.jpg
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- Commons category
- Centro (Portugal)
- topic's main category
- Category:Centro Region, Portugal
- located in/on physical feature
- continental Portugal
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Encyclopedic overview
The Central Region (Portuguese: Região do Centro, IPA: [ʁɨʒiˈɐ̃w du ˈsẽtɾu]), also known as Central Portugal (Portugal Central), is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Castelo Branco and Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and geographical purposes. Its area totals 28,462 km (10,989 sq mi). As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Centro region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.