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Águas Livres (Amadora)
Águas Livres is a Portuguese urban civil parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Amadora. The population in 2011 was 37,426. It was created in 2011, incorporating most of the area from the former parishes of Buraca, Damaia, and Reboleira. It is bordered by the parishes of Alfragide, to the south, Falagueira-Venda Nova, to the north, Venteira to the west and Benfica to the east. It takes its name from the most significant landmark in its territory, the Águas Livres Aqueduct The Águas Livres Aqueduct (, , "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18& .... See also * Cova da Moura References External links Águas Livres Parish Council Parishes of Amadora {{Portugal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 17 List of cities in Portugal, cities in 18 Municipalities of Portugal, municipalities, is the largest urban area in the country and the List of urban areas in the European Union, 11th largest in the European Union, with a population in 2023 of 2,961,177 in an area of 3,015.24 km². The Lisbon Metropolitan Area has the largest GDP (€98.5 billion) of any metropolitan area in Portugal. The region is home to the largest business cluster, tech hub in the country and a majority of Portugal's major multinational corporations by revenue are based there. History Portugal has been through a period of administrative changes since the 1974 revolution. More recently, new standards of territorial administration have been implemented to match European Union criteria. After s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon District
Lisbon District () is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the current Setúbal District. Municipalities The district is composed of 16 municipalities: * Alenquer * Amadora * Arruda dos Vinhos * Azambuja * Cadaval * Cascais * Lisbon * Loures * Lourinhã * Mafra * Odivelas * Oeiras * Sintra * Sobral de Monte Agraço * Torres Vedras * Vila Franca de Xira Summary of votes and seats won (1976–2022) , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , 1983 !colspan=2 , 1985 !colspan=2 , 1987 !colspan=2 , 1991 !colspan=2 , 1995 !colspan=2 , 1999 !colspan=2 , 2002 !colspan=2 , 2005 !colspan=2 , 2009 !colspan=2 , 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadora
Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78 km2 (9.2 sq mi). It is the fourth biggest and most densely populated city in Portugal. History There is significant evidence of Neolithic settlements in the municipality. The Necropolis of Carenque consists of three artificial caves that served as tombs from around 3000 BCE. Amadora was originally named ''Porcalhota'', for being a Majorat of the daughter of a man surnamed ''Porcalho'' who was called for being a female ''Porcalhota''. The Aqueduto das Águas Livres, which brings water from the Sintra hills to Lisbon, and stretches , was finished in the 1770s and includes the largest masonry arch ever built, located in Campolide — the local coat of arms also displays the aqueduct (like others along its way). At the request of its pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia
(), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, it was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The civil parishes and communities in England and Wales and in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a in Portugal. The average land area of a Portuguese parish is about and an average population of about 3,386 people. The largest parish by area is Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo e Santiago) e Santa Susana, with a land area of , and the smallest parish by area is São Bartolomeu (Borba), with a land area of . The most populous parish is Algueirão - Mem Martins, with a population of 68,649 people and the least populous is Mosteiro, with a popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buraca
Buraca () is a former civil parish, located in the municipality of Amadora, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish of Águas Livres. As of the 2011 Census, it had a population of 15 892. It had an area of 1.66 square kilometers. The southern area of the parish included the first Decathlon store in Portugal, integrated in the main shopping areas of the Lisbon metropolitan area. This shopping area also extends to the parishes of Alfragide and Carnaxide Carnaxide () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carnaxide e Queijas. The population in 2011 was 25,911, in an area of 6.51 km2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfragide
Alfragide () is a parish in Amadora Municipality. The population in 2011 was 17,044,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 2.51 km². Its is . In the extreme south of the parish is located the first store in Portugal as part of a major shopping area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falagueira-Venda Nova
Falagueira-Venda Nova is a civil parish in the municipality of Amadora Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78&nb ..., Portugal. It was first created in 1979, with the division of the old parish of Amadora in seven ( Alfragide, Brandoa, Buraca, Damaia, Falagueira-Venda Nova, Mina and Reboleira). On July 12th, 1997, it was extinct and divided in two independent parishes ( Falagueira and Venda Nova), being formed once again in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Falagueira and Venda Nova.Lei n.º 11-A/2013, de 28 de janeiro: Reorganização administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venteira
Venteira is a civil parish in the municipality of Amadora Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78&nb ..., Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,539,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 5.31 km2. In 2013, the northern part of the parish of Reboleira was merged into Venteira.Unidade Técnica para a Reorganização Administrativa d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benfica (Lisbon)
Benfica () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Benfica is west of São Domingos de Benfica, Carnide, and Campolide, north of Belém (Lisbon), Belém, Ajuda, and Alcântara (Lisbon), Alcântara, and directly east of Lisbon's border with Amadora. The population in 2011 was 36,985,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal History In 1959, the parish was split and gave origin to the parish of São Domingos de Benfica. In this period, Lisbon was experiencing a fast growth, in the 1950s the population of the parish was 17,843 inhabitants, forty years later it exceeded 50,000. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
