Terras de Bouro

Terras de Bouro is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal with a total area of 277.5 km² and a total population of 7,955 inhabitants.The present Mayor is António Ferreira Afonso, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is June 24, after Saint John.HistoryThe Germanic tribe of the Buri accompanied the Suebi in their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and establishment in Gallaecia (modern northern Portugal and Galicia). The Buri settled in the region between the rivers Cávado and Homem, in the area known thereafter as Terras de Boiro or Terras de Bouro (Lands of the Buri).ParishesAdministratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes: Balança Campo do Gerês Carvalheira Chamoim e Vilar Chorense e Monte Cibões e Brufe Covide Gondoriz Moimenta Ribeira Rio Caldo Souto Valdosende Vilar da VeigaSee alsoVilarinho da Furna