Centro Region
Centro Region | |
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Basic data | |
Country |
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population | 2,327,885 (2013) |
Population density | 82.6 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 28,199.26 km² |
Subregions | 8th |
Circles | 100 |
Communities | 972 |
ISO-3166-2 code | PT-16 |
The Região Centro (German Region Mitte ) is a region of Portugal . It includes the districts of Coimbra and Castelo Branco in its entirety, plus most of the districts of Aveiro , Viseu and Guarda , the northern part of the Lisbon district , three quarters of the Leiria district and a district of the Santarém district .
Neighboring regions are Região Norte in the north, Alentejo and Região de Lisboa in the south. The region borders on Spain to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
The area covers 28,200 km². The region has a population of 2,327,026 (as of 2013).
The region is divided into eight statistical sub-regions:
Sub-region | Number of circles |
Number of municipalities |
Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Beira Baixa | 6th | 59 | 89,063 | 4,614.62 | 19th | 16H |
Beiras e Serra da Estrela | 15th | 266 | 236.023 | 6,304.96 | 37 | 16Y |
Médio Tejo | 13 | 93 | 247.384 | 3,344.30 | 74 | 16I |
Oeste | 12 | 89 | 362,527 | 2,220.14 | 163 | 16B |
Aveiro Region | 11 | 74 | 370.394 | 1,692.84 | 219 | 16D |
Region of Coimbra | 19th | 168 | 460.137 | 4,335.57 | 106 | 16E |
Region of Leiria | 10 | 67 | 294,629 | 2,449.10 | 120 | 16F |
Viseu Dão-Lafoes | 14th | 156 | 267,728 | 3,237.73 | 83 | 16G |
Centro Region | 100 | 972 | 2,327,885 | 28,199.26 | 83 | 16 |
The Região Centro has 100 parishes (25.2% of all Portuguese parishes).
Largest communities
(2001 census)
local community | Residents |
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Coimbra | 102,688 |
Aveiro | 51,024 |
Leiria | 41,011 |
Castelo Branco | 31,464 |
Marinha Grande | 28,329 |
Viseu | 25,742 |
Guarda | 25,520 |
Covilhã | 17,830 |
Ovary | 17.191 |
Ílhavo | 16,690 |
Pombal | 16.008 |
economy
Compared with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards, the Centro region achieved an index of 67 (EU-25: 100) (2015). In 2017 the unemployment rate (according to Eurostat definition) was 6.9%.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU 25 . ( Memento of March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Eurostat News Release 63/2006
- ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .