Guarda District

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.

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The district contains 14 municipalities:

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

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.

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Summary of election results from Guarda district, 1976-2022
Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Parties	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011		2015		2019		2022
PS	25.2	2	26.3	1	26.3	1	33.5	2	23.3	2	21.8	1	26.8	1	43.7	2	43.4	2	34.7	2	46.8	2	36.0	2	28.3	1	33.8	2	37.6	2	45.1	2
PSD	25.7	2	In AD				31.5	2	33.6	2	60.0	4	58.6	3	39.9	2	39.2	2	48.5	2	34.7	2	35.6	2	46.3	3	In PàF		34.3	1	33.5	1
CDS-PP	32.1	2	In AD				23.8	1	19.5	1	6.6		5.9		9.9		9.8		9.6		7.0		11.2		11.2		In PàF		5.0		2.2
AD			60.6	4	60.6	4
PàF																											45.6	2
Total seats	6		5										4																3
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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