After the 15th Century, the new Kingdom of Portugal was divided into six great administrative units, referred to as
comarcas. Since the Middle Ages there existed the
Beira Province.
1832 In 1832 this province was divided into •
Beira Alta •
Beira Baixa 1936 In 1936 these were divided among three provinces, one of which contained area that was not included in Beira Province: •
Beira Alta - "natural" regions of
Beira Alta and
Beira Transmontana •
Beira Baixa •
Beira Litoral Sometimes collectively referred to as
the Beiras.
1976 In 1976 the provinces were abolished leaving only the 18
districts. • Beira Alta Province: •
Guarda District •
Viseu District • Beira Baixa Province: •
Coimbra District •
Castelo Branco District • Beira Litoral Province: •
Aveiro District •
Coimbra District • North of
Leiria District 1976 postal code areas divide the region in •
Beira Interior •
Beira Litoral (postal region) 1998 Law 19/98 of 1998 divided the area into • Beira Litoral • Beira Interior
2011 The current
Centro Region of
Portugal covers roughly the same area.
Oeste Subregion, part of
Estremadura, is the major exception. Among its twelve subregions three contain the name "Beira": •
Beira Interior Norte, •
Beira Interior Sul and •
Cova da Beira The name also is contained in the name of many small towns and villages in the area, e.g.
Moimenta da Beira,
Celorico da Beira,
Aguiar da Beira,
Mondim da Beira etc.
Maps File:Antigas Provincias Portugal.png|Medieval Beira File:Provincia Beira Alta.png|1936 Beira Alta File:Provincia Beira Baixa.png|1936 Beira Baixa File:Provincia Beira Litoral.png|1936 Beira Litoral File:Postal regions portugal.jpg|
postal code regions yellow Beira Litoral, brown Beira Interior File:Proposta_Regionalização_1998.png|1998 Law - Beira Litoral and Beira Interior File:LocalRegiaoCentro.svg|
Centro Region File:LocalNUTS3BeiraInteriorNorte.svg|
Beira Interior Norte File:LocalNUTS3BeiraInteriorSul.svg|
Beira Interior Sul File:LocalNUTS3CovaDaBeira.svg|
Cova da Beira ==See also==