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Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Sobral de São MiguelCivil Parish
CovilhãMunicipality
Castelo BrancoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
397429
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:397429:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Sobral de São Miguel
French:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
German:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Distrikt Castelo Branco, Portugal
Portuguese:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Russian:
Собрал-де-Сан-Мигел, Ковильян, Каштелу-Бранку, Португалия
Spanish:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Distrito de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Asturian:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã
Cebuano:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã , Distrito de Castelo Branco
Dutch:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Собрал-де-Сан-Мигел
Kazakh (Latin Script):
Sobral-de-San-Mïgel
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sobral de São Miguel, Covilhã, Castelo Branco Koān
Ukrainian:
Собрал-де-Сан-Мігел, Ковілян, Каштелу-Бранку, Португалія


Sobral de São Miguel is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Covilhã, with an area of ​​23.94 km².

The origin of this village dates back to the Roman era and has always been associated with the salt route. It was later developed with the activity of the Panasqueira mines with the exploitation of tungsten.

Sobral de São Miguel had the previous toponymy of Sobral de Casegas. It changed its name to Sobral de São Miguel after February 27, 1970 by Decree-Law No. 69/70 of February 27.

A typical village with schist buildings right at the foot of the Açor mountain range, it is recommended for hiking and rural tourism.

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Wikipedia:https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobral_de_S%C3%A3o_Miguel
Wikidata ID:Q1024151
GeoNames ID:8014281


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