Coimbra is the traditional capital city of Central Portugal's historic Beira Litoral region. With over 140,000 inhabitants (2021), it is the largest municipality there and one of Portugal's four largest metropolises. An important urban and administrative centre since the birth of the Portuguese nation, the city has amassed vast cultural and architectural heritage and is the seat of one of world's oldest universities, a !(//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/WV-Unesco-icon- small.svg/15px-WV-Unesco-icon-small.svg.png) UNESCO World Heritage Site.