Sines Municipal flag Municipal coat of arms
Location
- Country	Portugal
- Region	Alentejo
- Subregion	Alentejo Litoral
- District or A.R.	Setúbal
Mayor	Manuel Carvalho
- Party	CDU
Area	202.6 km²
Population
- Total	13,613
- Density	67/km²
No. of parishes	2
Coordinates	37°58'N 8°53'W
Municipal holiday	November 24
Website: http://www.mun-sines.pt/

Sines (pron. IPA: ['sinɨʃ]) is a municipality in the district of Setúbal, Portugal, with a total area of 203.0 km² and a rapidly growing population of 13,531 inhabitants. It is located at the centre of the Alentejo coast and part of the St. Vincent and Southwest Alentejo Coast Natural Park. Image File history File links Crest of Sines (Portugal) Author: Sérgio Horta The author has agreed to usage of his works under the GNU-FDL, as long as he is quoted as the source: Caro Senhor, Manuel Anastácio File links The following pages link to this file: Sines... Image File history File links LocalSines. ... This article describes the political subdivisions of Portugal: Districts, regions, metropolitan areas, urban communities, intermunicipal communities, undefined areas, autonomous regions, and former regions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... NUTS II Alentejo region. ... Capital Setúbal Region Lisbon and Alentejo Historical province Estremadura and Baixo Alentejo Area 5. ... 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). ... A freguesia (pron. ... In mathematics, the trigonometric functions are functions of an angle, important when studying triangles and modeling periodic phenomena. ... is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Capital Setúbal Region Lisbon and Alentejo Historical province Estremadura and Baixo Alentejo Area 5. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... NUTS II Alentejo region. ...

The present Mayor is Manuel Coelho Carvalho, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition. The President of the Municipal Assembly is Francisco do Ó Pacheco, also 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). ... 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). ...

General info

Statue of Vasco da Gama before the parish church where he was christened

The town has a long history going back to Roman times (then called Sinus). The castle on the cliff was built under King Pedro, started in 1362. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 385 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Vasco da Gama Sines, Portugal Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 385 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Vasco da Gama Sines, Portugal Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Pedro I of Portugal (pron. ...

Until the early 1970s it was a sheltered fishing village with a long history of commercial relations with cities from the Mediterranean. Its large marina, along a breakwater, is the only marina between Setúbal and the Algarve. The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Lisboa  - Subregion Península de Setúbal  - District or A.R. Setúbal Mayor Maria das Dores Meira  - Party CDU Area 171. ... Algarve NUTS II region, and the district of Faro in Portugal. ...

The town is now rapidly expanding by the presence of its deep-sea port and industrial platform.

The municipal holiday is November 24. Every Summer, the town hosts the FMM Sines - Festival Músicas do Mundo, a world music festival that brings thousands of enthusiasts and musicians from all continents. is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ...

The town has also a very heterogeneous population, since it received a large amount of refugees from the Portuguese overseas colonies in the late 1970s. Foreign workers of the port and the petrochemical industry also add to this. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

Even though the north of the district has an important industrial presence, the town itself preserves plenty of historical landmarks and its privileged location, sitting on a cliff in front of a small bay, provides beautiful views to the Atlantic.

The nearby village of Porto Covo attracts many tourists thanks to its preserved coastline and the beauty of the traditional buildings.

There is a large shortwave broadcasting station at Sines. The most remarkable antenna towers are the rotable towers looking like a big "V". [1] [2].

Economy

The economy of Sines municipality rests on the energy industry, port activity, fishing, tourism and trading.

The municipality has an important investment park, managed by AICEP Global Parques.

Industry

Sines has one of the biggest industrial parks in Portugal, Sines Power Plant (Electricidade de Portugal), Petrogal Sines (National Petrochemic Refinery), Repsol (Polymer Refinery)

Famous people

Sines is the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, who was born at the castle where his father Estêvão da Gama was the local alcalde. After his return from the voyage to India, Vasco da Gama was given feudal rights over Sines. For other uses, see Vasco da Gama (disambiguation). ... Estevão da Gama (about 1430 - July 1497) was a rich Portuguese nobleman of the 15th century. ...

Other famous "sinienses": Al Berto (poet, 1948-1997, born in Coimbra), Emmérico Nunes (painter, 1888-1968, born in Lisbon). Al Berto was the pseudonym used by the Portuguese poet Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares (January 11, 1948, Coimbra - June 13, 1997, Lisbon). ...

Parishes

Typical house of Porto Covo

The municipality is composed of two parishes : Image File history File links Size of this preview: 795 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2352 × 1774 pixel, file size: 3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 795 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2352 × 1774 pixel, file size: 3 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

• Porto Covo
• Sines

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External links

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Portugal Portal

• Town Hall official website
• Port Authority Website
• Photos from Sines

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