Geography Guimarães




1 geography

1.1 geology
1.2 orography , hydrography
1.3 climate
1.4 fauna
1.5 parishes
1.6 demographics





geography

couros river, near guimarães youth hostel



red-legged partridge


geology

granite rock formations occupy majority of municipality schist rocks can found in zones in northwest of municipality. on southeast, clay can found in stream bed of ave, vizela , selho rivers.


orography , hydrography

the municipality delimited @ north senhora monte (senhora hill), @ northwest hills of falperra, sameiro, outeiro , penedice. south penha hill height of 613 meters, highest point of municipality.


guimarães part of drainage basin of ave river divides municipality in half. ave river has tributaries vizela river, torto river, febras river , inside city, selho river, couros river , santa lúzia stream.


climate

guimarães located in valley , surrounded hills, , because there distance sea, winter cold , rainy , summer hot , lightly humid. average annual temperature 14 °c.


fauna

there not diversity, specially in urban areas, municipality has species of cynegetic interest such as: red fox, wild boar, turtle dove, thrush, pigeon , red-legged partridge. in green areas of city, common species rodents, squirrels.


parishes

administratively, municipality divided 48 civil parishes (freguesias):



demographics

in 2001, population of municipality 159 576. in 2010, estimated population reach 188 178 inhabitants. population constituted 78 436 males , 81 140 females. guimarães 13th biggest city in country in terms of population.



evolution of population of municipality of guimarães (1801–2011)





evolution of population in city center (1864–2011)










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