Entre Douro e Minho

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Entre Douro e Minho is a historical province of Portugal which encompassed the country's northern Atlantic seaboard between the Douro and Minho rivers. Contemporaries often referred to the province as simply "Minho". It was one of six provinces Portugal was commonly divided into during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although these provinces were not recognized as official units of government. When Portugal was divided into official provinces in 1936, Entre Douro e Minho was split into the provinces of Douro Litoral and Minho. Today, the area would include the districts of Braga, Porto, and Viana do Castelo, along with four municipalities of the district of Aveiro, and two of the district of Viseu.

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• Regions of Portugal at statoids.com
• "Entre Minho e Douro". 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
• Entre Douro e Minho from the Portuguese-language Wikipedia. Retrieved January 11, 2006.