Charneca or Charneca do Lumiar (

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: '' Lumiar heathland''), was a

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parish (''

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'') in the

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of Lisbon. It was created in 1585. Between 1852 and 1886 this parish was part of the former municipality of Olivais. With the 2012 Administrative Reform, the parish merged with the

Ameixoeira Ameixoeira () was a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national an ...

parish into a new one named Santa Clara.

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