Guimarães (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡimɐˈɾɐ̃ȷ̃ʃ]) is a northern Portuguese city and municipality in the district of Braga, in the Ave Subregion (one of the more industrialized NUTS III subregions of the country), in the historial and cultural Minho Province. The city proper has a population of 52,181 inhabitants. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 158,124, in an area of 240.95 square kilometres (93.03 sq mi). The present Mayor is Domingos Bragança, of the Socialist Party.