Beira (Portugal
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
ביירה (פורטוגל : פרובינציה)
Name (Latin)
Beira (Portugal : Province)
Coordinates
-7.370833333 -7.370833333 39.44916667 39.44916667 (gooearth )
W0072213 W0072213 N0392656 N0392656 (geonames )
Associated country
Portugal
See Also From tracing place name
Beira Litoral (Portugal)
Beira Alta (Portugal)
Beira Baixa (Portugal)
Sources of Information
- Universidade de Coimbra. Arquivo. Documentos para o estudo da criminalidade na Beira em meados do séc. XIX, 1985- :v. 3, p. 7 (Região das Beiras)
- Grande encic. port. e bras.(Beira; a province in central Portugal until 1834 when the provincial system was dropped and the area was administered through the districts of Viseu, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, and Aveiro; with the restoration of the provincial systemin 1936, the general area of the former province was divided into provinces of Beira Alta, Beira Baixa, and Beira Litoral)
- Col. Lipp. gaz., 1961(Beira, former province, N. central Portugal; in 1936, 3 new provinces (Beira Baixa, Beira Alta, and Beira Litoral) were created with an area slightly larger than that of the old province)