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Ferreiras is one of the five civil parishes Albufeira, located within the referred coastal Algarve, occupying 2,227 hectares of the municipality's 14,066 hectare territory. [ 3 ] The parish is centred 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the coast, and includes the settlements of Alfarrobeiras, Fontainhas, Lagoas, Mosqueira, Vale Serves, Pinhal ...
Ferreira do Zêzere (pronounced [fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ ðu ˈzezɨɾɨ] ⓘ, locally [fɨˈreɾɐ-]) is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,619, [1] in an area of 190.38 km 2. [2] The municipal holiday is June 13.
The map encompasses the eastern coast of North America, the entire Central and South America and parts of the western coasts of Europe and Africa. Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio is the earliest scale wall map of the New World and the first to use the name "California". [1]
Territorial map corresponding to the 23 statistical subregions of mainland Portugal (NUTS III) and the 2 autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores The nine regions of Portugal are likewise subdivided into 25 subregions ( Portuguese : subregiões ) that, from 2015, represent the 2 metropolitan areas , the 21 intermunicipal communities and the ...
Ferreira do Alentejo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ ðu ɐlẽˈtɛʒu] ⓘ), or simply Ferreira, is a town and a municipality in Beja District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,255, [1] in an area of 648.25 km 2. [2] The human activity in the municipality dates back to antiquity, with evidence of prehistoric and ...
Paços de Ferreira (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasuʒ ðɨ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ] ⓘ) is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, [ 1 ] in an area of 70.99 km².
This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. 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 ).
Most of Portugal's colonies were defended by military fortifications, today the highlight of Portuguese colonial architecture of the period. The Fort of São Jorge da Mina is a well-preserved example of 15th-century Portuguese colonial architecture. Beginning construction in 1482, the fort was, for a long period, the most sophisticated and ...