Coimbra

Coimbra is a city and the capital of the district of Coimbra in Portugal.

Economy

The wealth of the city, which was the capital of Portugal from 1139 to about 1260, rests mostly on its University of Coimbra with about 23,000 students - the city has a total of 35,000 higher education students considering the other higher education institutions based there - but also in shopping, technology and health sciences industry, administrative offices, financial services, law firms and specialized medical care (the city has many private clinics, medical offices and two large independent state hospital centres: Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra and C.H.C. - Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra). Critical Software has its global headquarters in the city, and there are also a major cement factory in Souselas (CIMPOR Souselas), a pan-European service center of Olympus and several ceramics, food manufacturing and wine industries. Handicraft industry is well represented by traditional tapestry and pottery manufacture, and the surroundings of the city have besides forestry, dynamic horticulture production, vineyards and livestock raising.

Related Topics:
University of Coimbra - Health sciences - Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra - Critical Software - Cement - CIMPOR - Olympus - Ceramics - Wine - Handicraft - Tapestry - Pottery - Forestry - Horticulture - Vineyards - Livestock

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