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Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities. [1]
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. The region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by humans since circa 400,000 years ago, when Homo heidelbergensis entered the area. The oldest human fossil found in Portugal is the 400,000-year-old Aroeira 3 H. Heidelbergensis skull discovered in the Cave of Aroeira in 2014. [23]
The term "provinces" (Portuguese: províncias) has been used throughout history to identify regions of continental Portugal. Current legal subdivisions of Portugal do not coincide with the provinces, but several provinces, in their 19th- and 20th-century versions, still correspond to culturally relevant, strongly self-identifying categories ...
Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone Guimarães 2001 1031bis; ii, iii, iv (cultural) As the home of the dukes who declared independence in the 12th century, Guimarães is an important town in the history of Portugal. It served as the first capital of the country.
Portugal's two island territories, the Azores and Madeira are also NUTS2 regions. This system does not coincide with main system of local government subdivisions in Portugal. See Subdivisions of Portugal for further details. The historical regions and provinces of Portugal, which had entirely different boundaries from the modern regions, were ...
Alentejo (UK: / ˌ æ l ən ˈ t eɪ ʒ uː / AL-ən-TAY-zhoo, [1] Portuguese: [ɐlẽˈtɛʒu] ⓘ) is a geographical, historical, and cultural region of south–central and southern Portugal. In Portuguese, its name means "beyond (além) the Tagus river" (Tejo). Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo and Baixo Alentejo.
Beira was an historical province of Portugal and its name was used by the heirs to the Portuguese throne during the monarchy period, before 1910. The princes were known as the Princes of Beira. Since 2024, Oeste in historical Estremadura and Médio Tejo in historical Ribatejo are part of the new NUTS II Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. [5]
Portugal Estremadura Province ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [(i)ʃtɾɨmɐˈðuɾɐ] ) is one of the six historical provinces of Portugal . It is located along the Atlantic Ocean coast in the center of the country and includes Lisbon , the capital.