Guarda District Explained

Guarda District
Native Name Lang:	pt
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Portugal
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Centro (partly Norte, only Foz Coa)
Subdivision Type2:	Historical province
Subdivision Name2:	Beira Alta Province (partly Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province)
Subdivision Type3:	No. of municipalities
Subdivision Name3:	14
Subdivision Type4:	No. of parishes
Subdivision Name4:	336
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Guarda
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	5,518
Population Total:	173,716
Population Density Km2:	auto
Iso Code:	PT-09
Blank Name Sec1:	No. of parliamentary representatives
Blank Info Sec1:	3

The district of Guarda (Portuguese: Distrito de Guarda pronounced as /pt-PT/) 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.

Municipalities

The district contains 14 municipalities:

Aguiar da Beira
Almeida
- - - - Celorico da Beira Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Fornos de Algodres Gouveia Guarda
      - Manteigas Mêda Pinhel Sabugal Seia
- Trancoso Vila Nova de Foz Côa

Cities

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

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/ Cathedral of Guarda.
Castles:(Castelos de) Pinhel, Sabugal, Sortelha, Marialva, Celorico, Rodrigo, Almeida, Trancoso.
Pelourinhos de Pinhel and Alverca da Beira.

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022

See main article: Guarda (Assembly of the Republic constituency). |- class="unsortable"!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 | 1976!colspan=2 | 1979!colspan=2 | 1980!colspan=2 | 1983!colspan=2 | 1985!colspan=2 | 1987!colspan=2 | 1991!colspan=2 | 1995!colspan=2 | 1999!colspan=2 | 2002!colspan=2 | 2005!colspan=2 | 2009!colspan=2 | 2011!colspan=2 | 2015!colspan=2 | 2019!colspan=2 | 2022|-| align="left"| PS || 25.2 || 2 || 26.3 || 1 ||26.3 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|33.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 23.3 || 2 || 21.8 || 1 || 26.8 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 34.7 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|46.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.0 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 28.3 || 1 || 33.8 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|37.6 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2|-| align="left"| PSD || 25.7 || 2 || align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2|In AD || 31.5 || 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|33.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|60.0 || style="background:#FF9900;"|4 || style="background:#FF9900;"|58.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|3 || 39.9 || 2 || 39.2|| 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|48.5 || style="background:#FF9900;"|2 || 34.7 || 2 || 35.6 || 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|46.3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|3 || align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2|In PàF || 34.3 || 1 || 33.5 || 1|-| align="left"| CDS-PP || style="background:#0093DD;"|32.1 || style="background:#0093DD;"|2 || 23.8 || 1 || 19.5 || 1 || 6.6 || || 5.9 || || 9.9 || || 9.8 || || 9.6 || || 7.0 || || 11.2 || || 11.2 || || 5.0 || || 2.2 || |-| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|60.6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|4 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|60.6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|4 || colspan=26| |-| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|45.6 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|2 || colspan=4||-! Total seats || colspan=2|6 || colspan=10|5 || colspan=16|4 || colspan=4|3|-! colspan=33|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}