Guarda District

Guarda District
—  District  —
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 (2.1 sq mi)
Population
– Total	173.716
– Density	31.5/km2 (81.5/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	4

The district of Guarda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡwaɾðɐ], Portuguese: Distrito de Guarda) 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.

Municipalities

The district is contains 14 municipalities:

• Aguiar da Beira [town]
• Almeida [town]
• Celorico da Beira [town]
• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo [town]
• Fornos de Algodres [town]
• Gouveia [city]
• Guarda [main city/district and Beiras capital; seat of diocese]
• Manteigas [town]
• Mêda [city]
• Pinhel [Historic city/ancient diocese]
• Sabugal [city]
• Seia [city]
• Trancoso [city]
• Vila Nova de Foz Côa (aka Foz Côa) [city]

Subregions Included within the District of Guarda

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

Geography

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

Main Monuments/Castles

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

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

e • d Summary of election results from Guarda district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011
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
PSD	25.7	2					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
CDS-PP	32.1	2					23.8	1	19.5	1	6.6		5.9		9.9		9.8		9.6		7.0		11.2		11.2
PCP/APU/CDU	2.9		5.4		5.0		4.9		5.2		3.3		2.3		2.3		3.2		2.2		2.9		3.3		3.6
BE																	1.1		1.2		3.4		7.6		3.3
AD			60.6	4	60.6	4
PRD									10.9		2.0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições