Castelo Branco City
Castelo Branco is a Portuguese city, capital of the Castelo Branco district, located in the Centro region (Beiras Region) of Portugal, in the Beira Interior Sul sub-region and in the former province of Beira Baixa, with about 34,000 inhabitants in its urban perimeter.
It is the seat of the third largest Portuguese municipality, with an area of 1,438.19 km² and 56,109 inhabitants (albicastrenses) (2011), subdivided into 19 parishes. The municipality is limited 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. It is located in the interior of Portugal, approximately 50 km from the border with Spain and about 100 km from the city of Guarda and 80 km from the city of Portalegre, the nearest district capitals.
