{{Short description|District of Portugal}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = District of Castelo Branco | native_name = {{native name|pt|Distrito de Castelo Branco}} | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = Pt-ctb1.png | image_seal = | image_shield = Coat_of_Arms_of_Castelo_Branco.png | image_map = LocalDistritoCasteloBranco.svg | map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Portugal | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Centro | subdivision_type2 = Historical province | subdivision_name2 = Beira Baixa | subdivision_type3 = No. of municipalities | subdivision_name3 = 11 | subdivision_type4 = No. of parishes | subdivision_name4 = 160 | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Castelo Branco | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 6,675 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 225916 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = PT-05 | website = | footnotes = | blank_name_sec1 = No. of parliamentary representatives | blank_info_sec1 = 4 }}
'''Castelo Branco District''' ({{langx|pt|Distrito de Castelo Branco}} {{IPA|pt-PT|kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈβɾɐ̃ku||Pt-pt Castelo Branco FF.ogg}}) is located in Central Portugal. Its capital is Castelo Branco, which is now also its most populous city, overtaking Covilhã, which was once the largest city, in the late 2010s.
It has an area of {{cvt|6675|km2}} (4th largest in Portugal), and a population of 225,916 inhabitants. It borders Spain (Extremadura).
==Municipalities==<!-- linked from Districts of Portugal --> The district is composed of 11 municipalities:
* Belmonte * Castelo Branco * Covilhã * Fundão * Idanha-a-Nova * Oleiros * Penamacor * Proença-a-Nova * Sertã * Vila de Rei * Vila Velha de Ródão
==Summary of votes and seats won in national elections since 1976== {{Main|Castelo Branco (Assembly of the Republic constituency)||l1=Castelo Branco constituency}} {{election table|title=Summary of election results from Castelo Branco district, 1976-2022}} |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 | 1976 !colspan=2 | 1979 !colspan=2 | 1980 !colspan=2 | 1983 !colspan=2 | 1985 !colspan=2 | 1987 !colspan=2 | 1991 !colspan=2 | 1995 !colspan=2 | 1999 !colspan=2 | 2002 !colspan=2 | 2005 !colspan=2 | 2009 !colspan=2 | 2011 !colspan=2 | 2015 !colspan=2 | 2019 !colspan=2 | 2022 |- | align="left"| PS || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''36.4''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' || 27.8 || 2 || 30.3 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''37.1''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' || 18.5 || 1 || 22.4 || 2 || 32.4 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''53.2''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''51.6''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''46.1''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''56.0''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''4''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''41.0''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''2''' || 34.8 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''38.9''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''2''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''40.9''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''47.7''' || style="background:#FF66FF;"|'''3''' |- | align="left"| PSD || 22.6 || 2 || align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2|''In AD'' || 30.6 || 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''31.2''' || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''3''' || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''52.1''' || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''4''' || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''51.8''' || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''3''' || 32.1 || 2 || 32.0|| 2 || 38.3 || 2 || 26.7 || 1 || 29.8 || 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''37.9''' || style="background:#FF9900;"|'''2''' || align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2|''In PàF'' || 26.3 || 1 || 27.4 || 1 |- | align="left"| CDS-PP || 19.9 || 2 || 13.2 || 1 || 9.6 || || 4.7 || || 3.9 || || 7.2 || || 6.3 || || 7.1 || || 5.3 || || 8.4 || || 9.6 || || 3.7 || || 1.6 |- | align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|'''49.9''' || style="background:#00FFFF;"|'''4''' || style="background:#00FFFF;"|'''51.0''' || style="background:#00FFFF;"|'''4''' || colspan=26| |- | align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 24.4 || 2 || 6.0 || || colspan=20| |- | align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || 35.3 || 2 || colspan=4| |- ! Total seats || colspan=2|7 || colspan=10|6 || colspan=10|5 || colspan=10|4 |- ! colspan=33|Source: [https://www.cne.pt/content/eleicoes-referendos Comissão Nacional de Eleições] |}
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