General Info
The seat of the municpality is the city of Seixal which is crossed by the river from Lisbon. It is located in the district of Setbal and next to the Rio Judeu (“Jew River”), the name given to a lagoon formed by the Tagus river.
The name “Seixal” comes from a type of smooth stone (seixo) that is found in rivers, and the city is named after these stones. The city was an important vacation resort for aristocracy from nearby Lisbon during the 1700s.
Seixal is also a parish located in the municipality of Porto Moniz in the Madeira Islands, see Seixal (Porto Moniz)
The Parish of Amora holds the yearly Festival of the Portuguese Communist Party, the Avante! Festival. Every year, hundreds of thousand of people gather in Amora and participate in one that is considered to be among the biggest political and cultural events in the country.
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Almada is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 70.0 km² and a total population of 164,844 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of 11 parishes, and is located in the district of Setúbal.
The present Mayor is Maria Emília Neto de Sousa (Communist) and the President of the Municipal Assembly is José Manuel Maia Almeida (Communist).
The municipal holiday is June 24.
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.
The municipality
Guimarães is a city in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and the Braga district. Guimarães City is made of 16 parishes and , as of 2001, has a population of 69,600. The municipal areas surrounding Guimarães City have a population of 158,572 and are made up of 68 parishes. In Portugal, Guimarães is known as the place where the country was born.
Guimarães is one of the most industrial municipalities in Portugal. Its primary industries are textiles and metalomechanics. The Historic Centre of Guimarães was declared a World Heritage Site in 2001 by UNESCO.
The Campus of Azurém campus
Portimão is a city located in the Algarve, on the southern coast of Portugal.
Loulé is a city in the Algarve region, southern Portugal. It is placed NW of Faro.
Horta pot tenir els següents significats:
Agricultura: una horta és una terra de regadiu (vegeu conreu de regadiu)
Horta també apareix freqüentment en la toponímia dels Països Catalans i de Portugal
a Barcelona: el barri d'Horta
al País Valencià: la comarca de l'Horta de València
a la Terra Alta: el poble de l'Horta de Sant Joan
a Portugal: la ciutat d'Horta (Açores)
