Terras de Bouro
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°43′N 8°18′W  /  41.717°N 8.300°W  / 41.717; -8.300
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Cavado
District	Braga
Parishes	14
Government
?  President	Manuel Tibo ( PSD )
Area
? Total	277.46 km 2 (107.13 sq mi)
Population   (2011)
? Total	7,253
? Density	26/km 2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 ( WET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
Website	http://www.cm-terrasdebouro.pt

Terras de Bouro ( Portuguese pronunciation: [?t???? ð? ?βo?u] ^ⓘ ) is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,253, ^[1] in an area of 277.46 km². ^[2] It is bordered to the north by Ponte da Barca and Spain , to the east by Montalegre , to the south by Vieira do Minho , to the southwest by Amares , and to the west by Vila Verde .

The present Mayor is Manuel Tibo, elected by the PSD . The municipal holiday is 20 October, day that celebrates the granting of a charter by King D. Manuel I in 1514 .

History [ edit ]

The Germanic tribe of the Buri accompanied the Suebi in their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and establishment in Gallaecia (modern northern Portugal ). The Buri settled in the region between the rivers Cavado and Homem , in the area known thereafter as Terras de Boiro or Terras de Bouro (Lands of the Buri). ^[3]

Parishes [ edit ]

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes ( freguesias ): ^[4]

See also [ edit ]

• Vilarinho da Furna

Notes [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Municipality official website

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