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Covilhã is a city and a municipality located at the bottom of "Serra da Estrela" in Castelo Branco district in central Portugal. The city population is 23132 in 5 parishes. The municipality has 31 parishes and a population of 54658.
Covilhã has a university called Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã is also a center of wool and textile industries. Tourism is also important, and the city has a role as a winter resort.
The ground of municipality, are majority composites for shale and granite, and forest area is constituted essentially by negral oak, and chestnut tree.

This square is in the city center. We can see in prominence the S. Peter Chapel.

This photo was taken at dinner time, about 7:00 PM from Portugal

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