Joane is a
civil parish
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in the municipality of
Vila Nova de Famalicão
Vila Nova de Famalicão (), also known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese town in the Braga District and the sub-region of Ave (intermunicipal community), Vale do Ave. The population of ''Vila Nova'' was created in 1205 with the charter given by the K ...
, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,089,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 7.32 km2.Bernardino Machado
Bernardino Luíz Machado Guimarães (March 28, 1851April 29, 1944) was the 3th and 8th president of Portugal, serving from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1926.
In 1917, Sidónio Pais, who was at the head of a military junta, dissolved Co ...
, two times President of Portugal
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The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and their relation with the prime minister ...
during the First Republic.
References
Freguesias of Vila Nova de Famalicão
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