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Braga a city in northwestern Portugal, is the
capital of
the district of Braga, the oldest archdiocese and
one of the major cities of the
country.rnrnWith a population of 155,000 in the urban
area, Braga is one of the most important urban centers of Portugal after the much larger
Lisbon Metropolitan
Area and
Porto Metropolitan Area conurbations. Including the suburban parishes, the municipality has a
total of 62 parishes and 170,858 inhabitants. Braga is also
the center of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho with a population of 798,137 one of the fastest growing urban areas in the
European Union. Under the
Roman Empire, as Bracara Augusta, it was capital of the province Gallaecia.rnrnThe present
Mayor is
Francisco Mesquita
Machado, elected by the Socialist Party.)
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