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In 1998 Mitsotaki created Greece's first international development NGO, ActionAid Hellas (AAH). She has chaired AAH from 2007 to 2017. Mitsotaki was a member of the board of ActionAid International (AAI) from 2003 to 2015. [6] She served on AAI board committees Governance and Board Development Committee, and the Finance and Funding Committee.
This is a list of cities in Portugal.In Portugal, a city (Portuguese: cidade) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 250,000 inhabitants. The table below lists the largest cities in Greece, by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [1] 2001, [2] 2011 [3] and 2021. [4]
Map of Portugal This is a list of municipalities in Portugal which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as " town twinning " (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide. [ 1 ] ActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues.
Portugal is divided into 18 districts (Portuguese: distritos) and 2 autonomous regions (regiões autónomas), Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal (municípios or concelhos). Usually, a municipality is named after its largest or historically most important town or city.
The Faro city holiday is on 7 September. [33] The students' festival (Semana Académica da Universidade do Algarve), organized every year by students from the University of the Algarve, is also an important event in Faro. [34] The Faro motorcycle club is responsible for one of the largest motorcycle events in Portugal and Europe. [35]
The city of Elvas is located close to the border with Spain. Portugal regained independence from Spain in 1640 and a complex bulwarked dry-ditch fortification system (a star fort) was built around the city. It was designed by the Dutch Jesuit priest padre Cosmander in line with the latest Dutch defensive trends.