Parchal
Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar
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Estômbar e Parchal.[1] The population in 2011 was 4,019,[2] in an area of 3.86 km².[3] It is situated in the northwest part of the Lagoa Municipality. Parchal
Parchal serves mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade
Arade to work in the neighboring municipality.Contents1 History 2 Sub-areas 3 Significant Sites 4 Economic Activity 5 References 6 External linksHistory[edit] Parchal, on the east bank of the Rio Arade, was separated from the freguesia of Estômbar
Estômbar on June 20, 1997
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Freguesia
Freguesia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌfɾɛɣɨˈzi.ɐ]), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution.[1] It is also a local administrative unit in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau. In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The parroquia in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a freguesia. A freguesia is a subdivision of a município (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city
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Portugal
Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic
Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]),[note 1] is a sovereign state located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain
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The municipality (Portuguese: município or concelho) is the second-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution.[1] As a general rule, each municipality is further subdivided into parishes (freguesias); the municipalities in the north of the country usually have a higher number of parishes. Six municipalities are composed of only one parish, and Barcelos is the municipality with most parishes, with 61. Corvo is, by law, the only municipality with no parishes. Since the creation of a democratic local administration, in 1976, the Portuguese municipalities have been ruled by a system composed by an executive body (the municipal chamber) and a deliberative body (the municipal assembly). The municipal chamber is the executive body and is composed of the president of the municipality and a number of councillors proportional to the municipality's population
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Concelho
Concelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [kõˈsɐʎu, kõˈseʎu]), is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial division. In comparison, the word município (Portuguese pronunciation: [muniˈsipiu]) refers to the organs of State. This differentiation is still in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces, but is no longer in use in Brazil following the abolition of these organs, in favour of the French prefecture system. History[edit]A map of the municipalities of Portugal showing the 20 largest (darker shade) and the 20 smallest (lighter shade) by populationAfter the civil parish (Portuguese: freguesias), the Portuguese concelho is the most stable territorial subdivision within the country, with over 900 years of history
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Portimão (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtiˈmɐ̃w]) is a town (Portuguese: cidade) and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.[1] The population in 2011 was 55,614,[2] in an area of 182.06 km².[3] It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão (IPA: [ˈvilɐ ˈnɔvɐ ðɨ puɾtiˈmɐ̃w]). In 1924, it was incorporated as a cidade and became known merely as Portimão. Historically a fishing and shipbuilding centre, it has nonetheless developed into a strong tourist centre oriented along its beaches and southern coast
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The Arade is a river located in the region of the Algarve, southern Portugal.[1] the river's course takes it through the municipalities of Silves, Lagoa and Portimão. The source[2] of the river lies to the southwest of the Serra do Caldeirão mountain ridge, in a valley called Barranco do Pé do Coelho. The river has a total length of 75.0 kilometres (46.6 mi), with its source being 481 metres (1,578 ft) above sea level
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Freguesia
Freguesia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌfɾɛɣɨˈzi.ɐ]), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution.[1] It is also a local administrative unit in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau. In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The parroquia in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a freguesia. A freguesia is a subdivision of a município (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city
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Republica
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Republica may also refer to:República (district of São Paulo), Brazil República (Nepalese newspaper) La República, a Peruvian newspaper
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.[n 1] The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position
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Special
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Lagoa (Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐˈɣoɐ]) is a municipality in the former-district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of the Algarve.[1] The population in 2011 was 22,975,[2] in an area of 88.25 km².[3] Its urban population is 6100 inhabitants.Contents1 History 2 Geography2.1 Physical geography 2.2 Human geography3 Economy 4 Architecture4.1 Civic 4.2 Military 4.3 Religious5 See also 6 External links 7 ReferencesHistory[edit] According to some historical sources, the earliest settlement in the area occurred along the edges of small lakes or marshes (Portuguese: lagoa), which were drained in order to create a fertile land.[4] There are many pre-historic vestiges of the early settlements, including menhirs (standing stones), funerary necropoles and artifacts that date a human presence to remote history.[5] The entire region of the Algarve was conquered by the Arabs when they moved into the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century
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Estômbar is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal.[1] The population in 2011 was 4,985,[2] in an area of 24.21 km².[3] It is situated just west of the city of Lagoa itself. Its civil status was raised to that of a town on August 16, 1991. Estômbar is mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade to work in the neighboring municipality. Inhabitants ae known as Estombarense.Contents1 History 2 Historic sites 3 Scenic/recreational sites 4 NotesHistory[edit] Estômbar is one of the oldest parishes in the Algarve. The whiteness of its buildings makes it the most Moorish-looking settlements in the concelho
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Estômbar e Parchal is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Estômbar and Parchal.[1] The population in 2011 was 9,004,[2] in an area of 28.07 km².[3] References[edit]^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 59" (pdf) (in Portuguese)
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Parchal
Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar
Estômbar e Parchal.[1] The population in 2011 was 4,019,[2] in an area of 3.86 km².[3] It is situated in the northwest part of the Lagoa Municipality. Parchal
Parchal serves mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade
Arade to work in the neighboring municipality.Contents1 History 2 Sub-areas 3 Significant Sites 4 Economic Activity 5 References 6 External linksHistory[edit] Parchal, on the east bank of the Rio Arade, was separated from the freguesia of Estômbar
Estômbar on June 20, 1997
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