Amadora
Amadora (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐmɐˈðoɾɐ]) is a ceety an a municipality in Portugal, in the northwast o the Lisbon Metropolitan Aurie. The ceety an municipality population is 175,872 in eleiven freguesias (parishes). Wi an aurie o 23.77 km², it is the maist densely populatit municipality o Portugal. Amadora is a satellite ceety o Lisbon, ane o the smawest Portuguese municipalities (24 km²), but ane o the maist populous.
Amadora | |
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 Aventura Park, Amadora. | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 38°44′N 9°14′W / 38.733°N 9.233°W | |
| Kintra |  Portugal |
| Region | Lisbon |
| Subregion | Greater Lisbon |
| Destrict/A.R. | Lisbon |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Joaquim Raposo (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.8 km2 (9.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 176,239 |
| • Density | 7405/km2 (19,180/sq mi) |
| Pairishes (no.) | 11 |
| Municipal holiday | September 11 |
| Website | http://www.cm-amadora.pt |
The municipality wis formit on 11 September 1979, when it ceased being a parish o Oeiras Municipality. It wis incorporatit as a ceety syne that date.
Amadora is ane o the lairgest ceeties in Portugal bi population. It forms a conurbation wi the Portuguese caipital Lisbon, an baith ceeties share the same subway, bus andtrain netwirk. It is an aw a major residential suburb o the caipital, an the landscape is dominatit bi lairge apairtment blocks an some industry. Amadora is an aw hame tae a big community o African immigrants, maistly frae Angola an Cape Verde.
Although major rehabilitation plans hae been stairtit, Amadora is still regardit as a ceety wi a creeme rate heicher than the naitional average, an notorious for its traffic jams.
Ivery year, Amadora organizes the Amadora International Comics Festival[1] Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine.
Pairishes
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eedit- Câmara Municipal da Amadora - offeecial municipal Wab steid
- Amadora International Comics Festival Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine - offeecial festival Wab steid
- Photos frae AMADORA