Almada

Municipal Coat of Arms
District or region	Setúbal
Mayor   - Party	Emília Sousa CDU
Area	70.0 km²
Population  - Total  - Density	164,844 2355/km²
No. of parishes	11
Coordinates	38°40'N 09°09'W [1]
Municipal holiday	Saint John June 24
Website: http://www.m-almada.pt

Almada (pron. IPA /aɫ.'ma.ðɐ/) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 70.0 km² and a total population of 164,844 inhabitants. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Image File history File links LocalAlmada. ... Districts There are 18 Districts (distritos, singular - distrito) in mainland Portugal: note: Territorial division in Portugal is currently in flux, because of planned decentralization. ... Region can be used to mean either: any more or less well-defined geographical area of a country or continent, defined by geography, culture or history in political geography, an administrative subdivision of a country or of the European Union. ... The District of Setúbal (pron. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. ... CDU logo The Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese: Coligação Democrática Unitária or CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV). ... -1... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ... District or region Setúbal Mayor   - Party Emília Sousa CDU Area 70. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Saint John or St John may refer to the following people, places, institutions or organizations: // People Saints John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus John the Evangelist, traditionally identified with the apostle, to whom the Gospel of John is attributed, often along with 1 John, 2 John... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Pronunciation refers to: the way a word or a language is usually spoken; the manner in which someone utters a word. ... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...

The municipality is composed of 11 parishes, and is located in the district of Setúbal. The District of Setúbal (pron. ...

The present Mayor (as of 2005) is Maria Emília Neto de Sousa, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition. CDU logo The Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese: Coligação Democrática Unitária or CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV). ...

The municipal holiday is June 24. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ...

Parishes

• Almada
• Cacilhas
• Caparica
• Charneca da Caparica
• Costa da Caparica
• Cova da Piedade
• Feijó
• Laranjeiro
• Pragal
• Sobreda
• Trafaria

Almada is a freguesia (sub-municipality) in Portugal, near Lisbon. ... Sobreda is a town in Almada, Portugal with about 2000 inhabitants. ...

General info

The city of Almada is the seat of the municipality. Small, but densely populated, the municipality is limited from the east by Seixal and from the south by Sesimbra. Almada is a coastal municipality, bordering with the Atlantic Ocean. Coat of Arms Seixal is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 96. ... District Setubal Mayor   - Party Amadeu José Penin PS Area 195. ...

The municipality received a foral from Dom Sancho I in 1190. Fueros is a Spanish legal term and concept; there is a similar Portuguese term, Forals. ... Sancho I of Portugal, known as the Populator (Port. ... Events March 16 - Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150-500 Jews in Cliffords Tower June 10 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. ...

Notable natives

• Luis Figo (Portuguese football Player)

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (pron. ...

External links

• Municipality official website

• Photos from Almada

Municipalities of the District of Setúbal
Alcácer do Sal | Alcochete | Almada | Barreiro | Grândola | Moita | Montijo | Palmela | Santiago do Cacém | Seixal | Sesimbra | Setúbal | Sines