Agualva-Cacém

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Agualva-Cacém

City Coat of Arms

District or region Lisbon
Municipality Sintra
Area 127 km²
Population
- Total
- Population density>Density 81845
7789/square kilometre>km²
No. of freguesia>parishes 4
Geographical coordinates>Coordinates 38º46'N 9º18'W []
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Agualva-Cacém (pron. IPA: [ɐ'gwaɫvɐ-kɐ'sɐ̃j̃]) is a Portuguese city, located in the municipality of Sintra. It comprises the parishes of Agualva, Cacém, Mira-Sintra and São Marcos.

Although the official designation is "Agualva-Cacém", it is commonly referred to as "Cacém".

Contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Parishes

3.1 Agualva
3.2 Cacém
3.3 Mira-Sintra
3.4 São Marcos

4 Economy
5 Law and government
6 Education
7 Sites of interest
8 Sports
9 Notable natives
10 External links

History

Until recently, the name Agualva-Cacém belonged to a freguesia with 10.51 km² surface area. In 2001, that freguesia still existed, and the census made that year revealed a population of 81,845. The freguesia was promoted to city in July 12 2001, having been officially divided into the 4 aforementioned freguesias in July 24 the same year.

Geography

Coordinates: [38°46′N 9°18′W]

Parishes

Agualva

38,523 inhabitants as of 2001.

Cacém

22,271 inhabitants as of 2001.

Mira-Sintra

6,106 inhabitants as of 2001.

São Marcos

14,945 inhabitants as of 2001.

Economy

Law and government

Education

Sites of interest

Anta de Agualva

Sports

Notable natives

External links

Juntas of the 4 freguesias:
* [Junta de Freguesia do Cacém]
* [Junta de Freguesia da Agualva]
* Junta de Freguesia de Mira-Sintra (no official website yet)
* [Junta de Freguesia de S. Marcos]

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