Azambuja

Coordinates: 39°04′N 8°52′W / 39.067°N 8.867°W / 39.067; -8.867
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Azambuja
Municipality
Ascension Day (date varies)
Websitehttp://www.cm-azambuja.pt

Azambuja (Portuguese pronunciation:

Ribatejo (and the sole municipality of within the district that does not belong to the historical province of Estremadura). The population in 2011 was 21,814,[1] in an area of 262.66 km2.[2] Since 2002, it was integrated into the NUTS III statistical subregion of Lezíria do Tejo
.

History

Centre of Azambuja.

The town is so old that there is no longer any surviving record of when it received the privileged status embodied in a municipal charter.

In 1963 Ford opened an auto-assembly plant in Azambuja.

In 2000 the plant was integrated into the nearby auto-assembly business of

Saragossa (Spain).[3]

Geography

The municipality is limited to the north by

Alenquer and Cadaval
.

Its seat is the town (vila) with the same name, which has 6,900 inhabitants and occupies the parish (freguesia) also named Azambuja. The total number of parishes is 7.

Demographics

Population in Azambuja Municipality (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
3402 3514 11446 14035 18218 19768 19568 20837 21814

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (

freguesias):[4]

Notable people

  • Jose de Sousa
    (born 1974 in Azambuja) professional darts player.
  • Gia Rodrigues (born in 2003) Supermodel and runner up to Miss Portugal contest in 2021[5]

External links

Sources

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ Report of closure of auto-assembly plants in western Europe in AutoNews "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 20" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ISBN 1401602290
    .
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