page_title: Miranda do Douro
section_title: Human geography
hierarchical_section_title: Miranda do Douro / Geography / Human geography
caption_attribution_description: Português: Miranda do Douro, Portugal.
context_page_description: Miranda do Douro or Miranda de l Douro is a town and a municipality in the district of Bragança, northeastern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,482, in an area of 487.18 km². The town proper had a population of 1,960 in 2001. Referred to as the "Cidade Museu" of the Trás-os-Montes region, it is located 86 kilometres from Bragança, preserving many of its medieval and Renaissance-era traditions and architecture. It has a language of its own, Mirandese, which enjoys official status in Portugal, in addition to cultural and historical discontinuity with the rest of the Portuguese state. The town is located on the border with Spain, with the Douro River separating the two countries. The nearest town in Spain is Zamora.
  The present mayor is Artur Manuel Rodrigues Nunes. The municipal holiday is on July 10.
context_section_description: Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):
  Constantim e Cicouro
  Duas Igrejas (Mirandese: Dues Eigreijas)
  Genísio (Mirandese: Zenízio)
  Ifanes e Paradela
  Malhadas
  Miranda do Douro (Mirandese: Miranda de l Douro)
  Palaçoulo (Mirandese: Palaçuolo)
  Picote (Mirandese: Picuote)
  Póvoa (Mirandese: Pruoba)
  São Martinho de Angueira (Mirandese: San Martino)
  Sendim e Atenor
  Silva e Águas Vivas
  Vila Chã de Braciosa (Mirandese: Bila Chana de Barceosa)
caption: The municipal seat and principal town of the municipality of Miranda.
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