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Built at the end of the 15th century, during the reign of King John II, it extended for several kilometers, from the source, to the city walls.In 1693, the Chafariz do Sapal was built in front of the Paços do Concelho de Setúbal building.
Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão) is a civil parish in the municipality of Setúbal, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Lourenço and São Simão. [ 1 ] The population in 2011 was 18,877, [ 2 ] in an area of 69.32 km 2 . [ 3 ]
The Port of Setúbal had a cargo throughput of 6.058 million tons in 2012, [15] making it the 4th busiest port in Portugal, with 7.4% of the cargo throughput in the country. [16] In the 19th century, the area was notable for the production of sea salt. St. Ubes bay salt was exported as far as Australia in the 1830s.
Tróia (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a peninsula located in Grândola Municipality (parish of Carvalhal ), Portugal, next to the Sado River estuary. Tourism is the peninsula's main economic activity due to its long beaches facing the Atlantic. There is a ferry boat connection between the peninsula and the city of Setúbal.
The region of Setúbal was a pioneer in the development of a regional strategic plan to assist the growth of the economic, social and cultural institutions. [5] The Plano Integrado para o Desenvolvimento para o Distrito de Setúbal (PIDDS) which was elaborated in the 1980s by the Associação de Municípios do Distrito de Setúbal (Association of Municipalities of the District of Setúbal ...
It is delimited by Lisbon District and Santarém District on the north, Évora District on the east, Beja District on the south and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. It has a population of 887,928 inhabitants, [1] in an area of 5,064 km 2 (1,955 sq mi).
Moho Caye, known locally as Wild Orchid Caye, is an 8.38 acre island located in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Belize.The island is located 12 miles east from Placencia, 9 miles from the Belize Barrier Reef, and has around 2,980 feet of beach.
The Albarquel Fort (Forte de Albarquel in Portuguese) is located on the beach of the same name, on the northern banks of the mouth of the river Sado, in the Municipality and District of Setúbal, in Portugal. [1]