Rio Maior () is a municipality in the

Santarém District The District of Santarém ( ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's West and Tagus Valley region. The district capital is the city of Santarém. The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a population of 475 ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km². The present mayor is

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of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality. The municipal holiday is November 6.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into ten civil parishes ('' freguesias''): *

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* Arrouquelas * Asseiceira * Azambujeira e Malaqueijo * Fráguas * Marmeleira e Assentiz * Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões * Rio Maior * São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João * São Sebastião

Climate

Rio Maior has a

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with warm to hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Rio Maior registered a temperature of on 4 August 2018 and on January and February.

Notable people

* Duarte da Silva Marques (born 1983 in Rio Maior) a triathlete, competed at the

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* Pedro Oliveira (born 1988 in Rio Maior) a backstroke and butterfly swimmer, participated in the

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* Miguel Carvalho (born 1994) a racewalker, took part in the

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References

External links

Town Hall official websitePhotos from Rio Maior
Cities in Portugal Populated places in Santarém District Municipalities of Santarém District {{Santarém-geo-stub