Setúbal

Coordinates: 38°31′27.5″N 8°53′33.4″W / 38.524306°N 8.892611°W / 38.524306; -8.892611
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Setúbal
Clockwise: View of Setúbal from Castelo de São Filipe; Bocage Gardens; Santa Maria da Arrábida Fort; Praça do Bocage; São Julião Church; view of Setúbal from the Sado Estuary.
UTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday15 September
Websitewww.mun-setubal.pt

Setúbal (

Lisbon downtown
by road.

In the times of

Andalusian Arabic: شَطُوبَر [ʃeˈtˤuːbɑr]), after the old pre-Roman name of Cetobriga. In the 19th century, the port was called Saint Ubes in English,[7]
and Saint-Yves in French.

The municipal holiday is 15 September, which marks the date in 1860 when King Pedro V of Portugal officially recognised Setúbal as a city.

City information

Setúbal bay area

The city of Setúbal is located on the northern bank of the

Estremadura Province
.

In the beginning of the 20th century, Setúbal was the most important center of Portugal's fishing industry, particularly specializing in processing and exporting

Arrábida
hills.

History

In antiquity the city was known as Cetobriga, a Turdetani settlement that came under Roman control in the province of Lusitania.

Culture

Castelo de São Filipe

The main historical monument of the city of Setúbal is the Monastery of Jesus, which is a 15th- and 16th-century church that represents one of the first buildings in the Portuguese late Gothic style known as Manueline.

Also of interest are the São Julião Church, also with Manueline portals. The Castelo de São Filipe, is a 16th- and 17th-century fortress on the north bank of the Sado river, overseeing the city. The fortress was converted into a luxury hotel (pousada).

Teatro Animação de Setúbal is based in Setúbal.

Demography (municipality)

Historical population of Setúbal
Year1801184919001930196019811991200120112014
Population15,44215,06035,99050,45656,34498,366103,634113,934121,061118,428

Parishes

The civil parishes of Setúbal after the 2013 administrative reorganization

Administratively, the municipality is divided into five civil parishes (

freguesias):[9]

Climate

Setúbal has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers. Temperatures in the winter vary between 15 and 17 °C (59 and 63 °F) during the day and 5–8 °C (41–46 °F) at night, most of the precipitation (starting from November) falls in this season. Temperatures in the summer vary between 27 and 30 °C (81 and 86 °F) during the day and 15 and 17 °C (59 and 63 °F) at night, precipitation is scarce during this season. The average annual temperature varies between 16.5 and 17 °C (61.7 and 62.6 °F).

On 4 August 2018, Setúbal registered a record high temperature of 45.5 °C (113.9 °F)[10] which, according to weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera, was the highest temperature ever recorded on the coast of the Iberian Peninsula.[11]

Climate data for Setúbal (Varzinha orchard station) 1981–2010
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24.2
(75.6)
25.0
(77.0)
30.2
(86.4)
34.4
(93.9)
36.7
(98.1)
42.2
(108.0)
44.3
(111.7)
45.5
(113.9)
41.3
(106.3)
35.8
(96.4)
28.8
(83.8)
22.9
(73.2)
45.5
(113.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 15.3
(59.5)
16.7
(62.1)
19.4
(66.9)
20.5
(68.9)
23.4
(74.1)
27.4
(81.3)
29.9
(85.8)
30.1
(86.2)
27.8
(82.0)
23.3
(73.9)
18.8
(65.8)
15.9
(60.6)
22.4
(72.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 10.1
(50.2)
11.3
(52.3)
13.5
(56.3)
14.8
(58.6)
17.4
(63.3)
20.9
(69.6)
23.1
(73.6)
23.2
(73.8)
21.3
(70.3)
17.9
(64.2)
13.9
(57.0)
11.3
(52.3)
16.6
(61.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.8
(40.6)
5.8
(42.4)
7.6
(45.7)
9.1
(48.4)
11.4
(52.5)
14.3
(57.7)
16.2
(61.2)
16.3
(61.3)
14.8
(58.6)
12.4
(54.3)
9.0
(48.2)
6.6
(43.9)
10.7
(51.2)
Record low °C (°F) −4.8
(23.4)
−4.6
(23.7)
−1.5
(29.3)
−0.7
(30.7)
3.0
(37.4)
6.3
(43.3)
9.0
(48.2)
8.5
(47.3)
6.8
(44.2)
3.6
(38.5)
−1.0
(30.2)
−4.1
(24.6)
−4.8
(23.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 98.4
(3.87)
75.3
(2.96)
53.3
(2.10)
66.7
(2.63)
48.5
(1.91)
16.8
(0.66)
3.7
(0.15)
3.7
(0.15)
27.2
(1.07)
97.6
(3.84)
119.4
(4.70)
124.7
(4.91)
735.3
(28.95)
Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera[12]
Climate data for Setúbal, Sado Estuary Natural Reserve (Lisnave), 1971–2000 normals and extremes
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 21.3
(70.3)
25.0
(77.0)
29.5
(85.1)
32.6
(90.7)
36.0
(96.8)
38.0
(100.4)
43.6
(110.5)
39.5
(103.1)
39.0
(102.2)
31.5
(88.7)
28.5
(83.3)
23.0
(73.4)
43.6
(110.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7)
16.5
(61.7)
19.2
(66.6)
19.9
(67.8)
22.3
(72.1)
26.1
(79.0)
28.8
(83.8)
28.9
(84.0)
26.5
(79.7)
22.7
(72.9)
18.9
(66.0)
16.2
(61.2)
21.8
(71.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 10.9
(51.6)
12.2
(54.0)
14.2
(57.6)
15.4
(59.7)
17.6
(63.7)
20.6
(69.1)
22.8
(73.0)
22.9
(73.2)
21.3
(70.3)
18.0
(64.4)
14.4
(57.9)
12.1
(53.8)
16.9
(62.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 6.5
(43.7)
7.9
(46.2)
9.2
(48.6)
10.9
(51.6)
12.9
(55.2)
15.2
(59.4)
16.8
(62.2)
16.9
(62.4)
16.1
(61.0)
13.2
(55.8)
9.9
(49.8)
8.0
(46.4)
12.0
(53.5)
Record low °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4)
−0.1
(31.8)
1.0
(33.8)
3.5
(38.3)
6.0
(42.8)
9.5
(49.1)
10.5
(50.9)
10.0
(50.0)
9.5
(49.1)
3.2
(37.8)
1.0
(33.8)
−1.0
(30.2)
−2.0
(28.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 74.0
(2.91)
65.3
(2.57)
33.7
(1.33)
53.6
(2.11)
35.1
(1.38)
11.4
(0.45)
4.1
(0.16)
3.2
(0.13)
24.4
(0.96)
73.8
(2.91)
85.7
(3.37)
95.5
(3.76)
559.8
(22.04)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 10.5 10.7 7.0 10.6 7.7 3.1 1.0 1.1 4.0 8.8 9.7 12.3 86.5
Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera[13]

Economy

According to the census of 2011, the municipality of Setúbal had a

ship repair there was a lot of automobile assembling industry since the 1950s with several known manufacturers had or have opened assembly halls for the Portuguese market. Today there are only 3 tradenames nearby currently in production. The Port of Setúbal had a cargo throughput of 6.058 million tons in 2012,[15] making it the 4th busiest port in Portugal, with 7.4% of the cargo throughput in the country.[16]
In the 19th century, the area was notable for the production of sea salt. St. Ubes bay salt was exported as far as Australia in the 1830s.[17]

Education

Sports

The city's main sports club is

Vitória de Setúbal
, the football club established on 20 November 1910.

Estádio do Bonfim

Notable residents and citizens

Public Service

Statue of Setúbal poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage in a city square.

The Arts

Luísa Todi, 1789

Sport

José Mourinho, 2017

International relations

Setúbal is

twinned
with:

Setúbal has international cooperation protocols with:

Gallery

See also

References

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  10. IPMA
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  11. ^ Jeff Masters. "Heat Wave Smashes All-Time Heat Records in Portugal and Spain". www.wunderground.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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  13. IPMA
    .
  14. ^ "Municípios - Emprego e Mercado de Trabalho" (in Portuguese). PORDATA Base de Dados Portugal Contemporâneo. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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  18. ^ Manuela Couto, IMDb Database retrieved 28 June 2021.
  19. ^ André Marques, IMDb Database retrieved 28 June 2021.

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