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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.
Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida) is a civil parish in the municipality of Lousada, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Cernadelo, Lousada (São Miguel) and Lousada (Santa Margarida). [1] The population in 2011 was 2,166, [2] in an area of 7.34 km². [3]
Lousada (European Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, [ 1 ] in an area of 96.08 km². [ 2 ]
Torno (also known as Aparecida) is a parish in the municipality of Lousada, Portugal.The population in 2011 was 2,542, [1] in an area of 3.75 km 2. [2]Situated in the Eastern part of the municipality, Torno is limited in the south by Vilar do Torno e Alentém, in the west by Cernadelo, in the southeast by municipality of Amarante and in the north by municipality of Felgueiras.
The Casa Pia is a Portuguese institution founded by Maria I, known as A Pia ("Mary the Pious"), and organized by Police Intendant Pina Manique in 1780, following the social disarray of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. For almost three centuries, thousands of young boys and girls were raised by Casa Pia, including many public personalities, called ...
The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959, [2] its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.
Porto Santo Island (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ˈsɐ̃tu] ⓘ) is a Portuguese island and municipality 43 kilometres (27 mi) northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.
Clube Desportivo Portosantense, simply Portosantense, is a Portuguese football based in Porto Santo, Madeira. Founded in 1948, it currently plays in the Terceira Divisão, holding home matches at the Estádio José Lino Pestana, with a 2,500-seat capacity. In 2004, Portosantense first reached the third division, remaining there four years.