1. Coimbra is a Portuguese city, capital of the district of Coimbra, the main city in central region of Portugal, located in the Baixo Mondego subregion in 2007 with about 157,000 inhabitants in the villages of their municipality. Historic city of students, currently has nearly 30 thousand students, most of them out, adding it is still about 45 to 48 thousand entries from people who live in peripheral municipalities, resulting in a fluctuating population of approximately 220,000 people. It is the center of the Metropolitan Area of Coimbra. Bathed by the river Mondego, Coimbra is home to a city with 319.4 square kilometers of area, subdivided into 31 parishes, 13 of which are urban or mostly urban. The council is limited to the northern city of Mealhada the east by Penacova, Vila Nova de Poiares and Miranda do Corvo, south of Condeixa-a-Nova, to the west by Montemor-o-Velho and northwest by Cantanhede. It is considered one of the most important Portuguese cities because the infrastructure, organizations and companies that owns and serving the entire population, that its historical importance and privileged geographical position in the central region, it has focus. The Hospital of the University of Coimbra, Hospital of the University of Coimbra and Covo are three great examples. The municipal holiday is the 4th of July in memory of Queen Santa Isabel, patron saint of the city. Was National Capital of Culture in 2003 and is one of the oldest cities of Portugal, the main ex-libris the University, one of the oldest in Europe.