Minho Province

Minho was from 1936 to 1976 one of the eleven provinces of Portugal. They exist today only in the vernacular, or historically based terms.

Braga was the capital of the province, which included the present-day districts of Braga and Viana do Castelo. West by the Atlantic Ocean bordering, his neighboring provinces, clockwise: Trás -os- Montes e Alto Douro ( east ), Douro Litoral ( south ), and lying in Galicia Spanish provinces of Pontevedra ( north ) and Ourense (northeast ).

Known as the green Minho, precipitation rich province was named after the Rio Minho, and has always been in the country as a cradle of Portugal, with its first capital Guimarães, his religious center of Braga, and its living traditions, particularly in folk dance, costumes, catering and folk music. The densely populated, marked by kleinparzelliger agriculture province was affected long time of strong waves of emigration, especially to Brazil from the 18th century, and Central Europe (especially France) from the mid-20th century.