Located at 12 km from

Macedo de Cavaleiros Macedo de Cavaleiros () is a city and municipality in northeastern Portugal, in Bragança District. The population in 2011 was 15,776, in an area of 699.14 km2. History During antiquity, the region was occupied by the Celts, then Romans an ...

and 30 km from

Bragança Bragança may refer to: People *Jaime Celestino Dias Bragança, a Portuguese footballer Politics and History *House of Bragança - A Portuguese Royal House *Duke of Bragança - A Portuguese noble, and later royal, title * Bragança - One of the m ...

at the northeast of

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 share ...

, the Azibo's Lagoon Protected Landscape it is one of the 30 areas which are officially under protection in the country. Established by Decree No. 13/99 of 3 August, is a protected area of regional interest, partly integrated in the Morais Natura 2000 Site (PTCON0023), it aims the preservation and enhancement of natural heritage in a harmonious combination between the wildlife, the natural habitat of numerous species of flora and fauna, with the leisure and outdoor recreation. With an area of 4,897 ha, is located, almost entirely, in the municipality of

, covering the parishes of Vale da Porca, Santa Combinha,

Podence Podence is a former Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality (''concelho'') of Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Podence e Santa Combinha. The population in 2011 was 250, in an area of 14 ...

, Salselas, Vale de Prados and Quintela Lampaças of the municipality of Bragança.

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