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Braga| City and capital of Braga district, northern Portugal, 48 km/30 mi northeast of Porto; population (2001) 152,700. Industries include textiles, electrical goods, and vehicle manufacture. There are Roman remains here, and parts of the medieval walls still exist. Braga has a Gothic cathedral (12th–17th centuries), and the archbishop is primate of Portugal. |
| As Bracara Augusta it was capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. Braga was subsequently in the hands of the Visigoths and the Moors (730–1041). |
Braga| District of northwest Portugal on the Atlantic coast; area 2,730 sq km/1,054 sq mi; population (1991) 746,100; capital Braga. It is mainly agricultural. |
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