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Fogueteiro
Fogueteiro is a locality of the parish of Amora, in the municipality of Seixal, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. It is situated near the river Tagus, north of the A2 motorway. It is served by the railway station Fogueteiro, on the Fertagus railway from central Lisbon to Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti .... References Seixal {{Setúbal-geo-stub ...
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Fogueteiro Railway Station
Fogueteiro is a locality of the parish of Amora, in the municipality of Seixal, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. It is situated near the river Tagus, north of the A2 motorway. It is served by the railway station Fogueteiro, on the Fertagus railway from central Lisbon to Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti .... References Seixal {{Setúbal-geo-stub ...
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Fogueteiro Train Station, Portugal
Fogueteiro is a locality of the parish of Amora, in the municipality of Seixal, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. It is situated near the river Tagus, north of the A2 motorway. It is served by the railway station Fogueteiro, on the Fertagus railway from central Lisbon to Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti .... References Seixal {{Setúbal-geo-stub ...
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Fertagus
Fertagus is a commuter rail operator connecting Lisbon, Portugal's capital, to suburbs on the Setúbal Peninsula, located to the south across the Tagus River. Fertagus crosses the river over the Ponte 25 de Abril. Fertagus is owned by the Portuguese transportation company, '' Grupo Barraqueiro''. The company's name derives from caminhos-de-ferro, meaning railway, and the Latin form of the river Tagus (which coincides with the English name). Fertagus is the first private rail operator in Portugal. The company pays Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) a fee for use of its infrastructure. Fertagus transports 70,000 passengers daily. Stations Fertagus has a single line extending 54 kilometers, serving 14 stations. An end-to-end trip takes 57 minutes. The bridge crossing takes 7 minutes, while the time from between the stations closest to each end of the bridge is 9 minutes. North of the Tagus (Lisbon) * Roma-Areeiro * Entre-Campos * Sete-Rios *Campolide South of the Tagus (Set ...
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Amora (Seixal)
Amora is a civil parish, in the municipality of Seixal in the district of Setúbal, Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon metropolitan area. The population in 2011 was 48,629,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
in an area of 24.36 km².


History

The parish was first mentioned in 1384 in the Chronicles of John I, a work of . From this period apparently dates the first population ...
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Seixal Municipality
Seixal () is a Portuguese city and municipality, located in the district of Setúbal, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Its population includes 184,269 inhabitants (2011), in an area of that includes six parishes. It is situated across the Tagus River estuary from Lisbon. Its seat is the city of Seixal, a centre of 31,600 inhabitants situated along the Rio Judeu. The present Mayor is Joaquim Santos, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition since September 2013. History The toponymy ''Seixal'' comes from a type of smooth stone (''seixo'') that is found in rivers; the name evolving from the name used to describe the geomorphology of the region. Since the Roman era, the Tagus bay has been a region of human settlement, from many of the archaeological discoveries at Quinta do Rouxinol, in Corroios, and Quinta de S. João, in Arrentela (beginning in the period of the Portuguese Age of Discovery). A land of fishermen and signeurial holdings, the municipality of Seixal evolved ...
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Lisbon Metropolitan Area
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area ( pt, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 18 municipalities is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union, with a population in 2015 of 2,812,678 in an area of 3,015.24 km². The Lisbon Metropolitan Area has the largest GDP (€110 billion) of any region in Portugal and its GDP per capita is above that of the European Union's average. The region is home to the largest tech hub in the country and a majority of Portugal's major multinational corporations by revenue are based there. History Portugal has been through a period of administrative changes since the 1974 revolution. More recently, new standards of territorial administration have been implemented to match European Union criteria. After some years of indefinitions, municipalities are now associated in metro ...
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Tagus
The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see #Name, below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to empty into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon. Its Tagus Basin, drainage basin covers – exceeded in the peninsula only by the Douro. The river is highly used. Several dams and diversions supply drinking water to key population centres of central Spain and Portugal; dozens of hydroelectric stations create power. Between dams it follows a very constricted course, but after Castle of Almourol, Almourol, Portugal it has a wide alluvium, alluvial valley, floodplain, prone to flooding. Its mouth is a large estuary culminating at the major Port of Lisbon, port, and Portuguese capital, Lisbon. The source is specifically: in political geography, at the Fuente de García in the Frías de Albarracín municipality; in physical geography, within ...
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A2 Motorway (Portugal)
, map = Karte A2 PT.svg , map_notes = The A2 is highlighted in blue on this diagram of major highways in Portugal. The lower detail on the left shows the route taken by the A2 across the Tagus estuary on approaching Lisbon. , length_km = 240 , direction_b = South , direction_a = North , terminus_b = Albufeira , junction= 35km J4 for Palmela56km J7 for Évora120km J10 for Beja178km J12 for Beja , terminus_a = Lisbon , e-road= The A2 ( pt, Autoestrada do Sul) is a major motorway (freeway) in Portugal. It connects Lisbon, the political capital of Portugal, and the 25 de Abril Bridge to Albufeira in Algarve, the country's southernmost mainland province. The first section of the A2 was opened in 1966 and the last one was completed in 2002. It extends for fractionally more than 240 km (149 miles). The A2 is operated by Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal Brisa or Briza may refer to: ;People *Brisa Roché, American singer-songwriter ;Companies and brands * B ...
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Setúbal
Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the times of Al-Andalus the city was known as ''Shaṭūbar'' (Andalusian Arabic: ). In the 19th century, the port was called ''Saint Ubes'' in English, and ''Saint-Yves'' in French. The municipal holiday is 15 September, which marks the date in 1860 when Pedro V of Portugal, King Pedro V of Portugal officially recognised Setúbal as a city. City information The city of Setúbal is located on the northern bank of the Sado River estuary, approximately south of Portugal's capital, Lisbon. It is also the seat of the Setúbal District and formerly in the historic Estremadura Province (1936-1976), Estremadura Province. In the beginning of the 20th century, Setúbal was the most important center of Portugal's fishing industry, particularly sp ...
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