Alto Trás-os-Montes
Alto Trás-os-Montes | |
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NUTS III Subregion | |
The olive trees in the municipality of Bragança | |
| Etymology: alto trás-os-montes, Portuguese for high behind-the-mountains | |
Location of the Alto Trás-os-Montes subregion in continental Portugal | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Abolished | 2015 |
| Municipalities | Alfândega da Fé, Boticas, Bragança, Chaves, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Miranda do Douro, Mirandela, Mogadouro, Montalegre, Murça, Valpaços, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vimioso, Vinhais |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,171.62 km2 (3,155.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 214,460 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| Area code | +351 |
| ccTLD | .pt |
| Demonym | Transmontanan |
| Currency | Euro (€) |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Alto Trás-os-Montes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaltu ˌtɾaz uʒ ˈmõtɨʃ]), or Nordeste Transmontano, is a former NUTS-level 3 subregion of the Norte Region of Portugal. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision. Its 15 municipalities occupied an area of 8,168 km2 (3,154 sq mi) in the north-east of continental Portugal with an estimated 2008 population of 214,460 inhabitants; thus it constituted approximately 40% of the area, but only 6.1% of the population, of the Norte Region.