Localization

Guimarães is located in the north of Portugal, on a region called Minho, the greenest region in Portugal and in an area that it is also one of the more industrialized areas of the country. It is located at 360Km from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and 53km from Porto, and belongs to the district of Braga.It is the seat of a municipality with an area of 241,05 km² and 162 636 inhabitants (2008), divided in 69 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, to the east by Fafe, to the south by Felgueiras, Vizela and Santo Tirso, to the west by Vila Nova de Famalicão and the northwest by Braga.