Agualva-Cacém
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| Country | Portugal | ||
| District | Lisbon | ||
| Municipality | Sintra | ||
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| - Total | 127 km² (49 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| - Total | 120,845 | ||
| - Density | 7,789.6/km² (20,175/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) | ||
| NNNN-NNN CITY NAME (All Capital letters) - Ex. 2735-053 CACÉM | 2735-000 to 2735-999 | ||
Agualva-Cacém (pron. IPA: [ɐ'guaɫvɐ-kɐ'sɐ̃ĩ]) is a Portuguese city, located in the municipality of Sintra. It comprises the parishes of Agualva, Cacém, Mira-Sintra and São Marcos. The city has a population of 120,845.[1]
Although the official designation is "Agualva-Cacém", it is commonly referred to as "Cacém". It is located in the Greater Lisbon Area.
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[edit] History
Until recently, the name Agualva-Cacém belonged to a freguesia with 10.51 km² (4.1 sq mi) surface area. In 2001, that freguesia still existed, and the census made that year showed 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.
[edit] Geography
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[edit] Civil Parishes
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[edit] Agualva
50.000 inhabitants as of 2006.
[edit] Cacém
30.000 inhabitants as of 2006.
[edit] Mira-Sintra
6,106 inhabitants as of 2006.
[edit] São Marcos
14,945 inhabitants as of 2001.
[edit] Economy
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[edit] Law and government
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[edit] Education
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[edit] Sites of interest
- Anta de Agualva
- Gruta do Colaride (see the article of Prof. Galopim de Carvalho - Professor of University of Lisbon and Director of Museu Nacional de História Natural - National Museum of Natural History)
There are two football clubs in Agualva-Cacém and two futsal clubs.
Football clubs are:
Atlético Clube do Cacém
Ginásio Clube 1° de Maio de Agualva. The two futsal clubs are Clube Unidos do Cacém (CUC), and Novos Talentos.
[edit] Notable natives
- D. Domingos Jardo
D. DOMINGOS ANES JARDO - Era natural do lugar de Jardo, onde se situa um rio denominado Ribeira das Jardas, e que actualmente divide as freguesias do Cacém e Agualva. Até ao início do séc. XIX (cerca de 1826), esse rio (que hoje atravessa a meio a cidade de Agualva-Cacém) era onde terminava o concelho de Lisboa, começando a partir daí o concelho de Sintra.
D. Domingos Jardo foi o oitavo prior da Colegiada, ainda no reinado de D. Afonso III; e foi também cónego de Évora, capelão del-rei, do seu conselho, chanceler-mor do reino por nomeação de D. Dinis, bispo de Évora por morte de D. Durando Pais; sendo finalmente daqui nomeado para bispo de Lisboa, por Nicolau IV, no ano de 1289. Faleceu em 1293: e jaz sepultado na capela do Santíssimo na igreja de Santo Elói em Lisboa, de cuja casa fôra o fundador.
» I've write this text in Portuguese, because there are many words that I can't tranlate properly, namely:
- Cónego (some kind of religious man) from Lat. canonicu < Gr. kanonikós, regular submetido à regra de um cabido.
- Capelão s. m., sacerdote que tem a seu cargo dizer missa numa capela; padre que diz missa nos regimentos e assiste espiritualmente aos militares, aos reclusos, aos doentes, e também nos conventos.
- Chanceler-Mor from French: chancelier s. m., - magistrado antigo que tinha a seu cargo a guarda do selo real; funcionário que chancela documentos oficiais;
» The definitions above are from the online Portuguese dictionary from Texto Editores (one of the most used)
Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Online
Anyone who can translate this are welcome. Soon, I'll put here a few more names.
[edit] References
- ^ . UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
