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Sernancelhe Municipality
Sernancelhe ( or ) is a municipality in the district Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5671, in an area of 228.61 km2. The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 3. Parishes The municipality is composed of 13 parishes: * Arnas * Carregal * Chosendo * Cunha * Faia * Ferreirim e Macieira * Fonte Arcada e Escurquela * Granjal * Lamosa * Penso e Freixinho * Quintela * Sernancelhe e Sarzeda * Vila da Ponte Notable people * João Rodrigues Tçuzu (1561/2 – 1633/4) soldier, interpreter and priest; known for his early linguistic works on Japanese; introducing western science and culture to Korea * Francisco de Soveral (ca.1565 – 1642) a Portuguese prelate; 9th Bishop of São Tomè and the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo, 1627 to 1642. * Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963) a writer and diplomat; nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( pt, Região do Norte ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon Region, Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five Regions of Portugal, regions of Mainland Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Rodrigues Tçuzu
João Rodrigues (1561or 1562 1633or 1634), distinguished as Tçuzu and also known by other names in China and Korea, was a Portuguese sailor, warrior, and Jesuit interpreter, missionary, priest, and scholar in Japan and China. He is now best known for his linguistic works on the Japanese language, including ''The Art of the Japanese Language''. He was also long erroneously supposed to have been the main compiler of the first Japanese–Portuguese dictionary, published in 1603. Name João Rodrigues's epithet Tçuzu was an early Portuguese transcription of his Japanese descriptor ''Tsūji'' ( ja, , "the Interpreter"). It distinguished him from a contemporary João Rodrigues in the Jesuits' China mission. João's surname sometimes appears in its Spanish form Rodriguez, the form he himself used in his Portuguese works; his epithet is sometimes mistakenly written as Tçuzzu. In Japan and China, Rodrigues used the Chinese name (), abbreviating his family name to a single chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Viseu District
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Prize For Literature
) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , reward = 10 million SEK (2022) , website = , year2 = 2022 , holder_label = Currently held by , previous = 2021 , main = 2022 , next = 2023 The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning ''for'' literature) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original Swedish: ''den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk rigtning''). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of work as a who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquilino Ribeiro
Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL (; 13 September 1885 – 27 May 1963, Lisbon), was a Portuguese writer and diplomat. He is generally considered to be one of the great Portuguese novelists of the 20th century. In 1960, he was nominated for the Nobel Literature Prize; having been nominated by the . Biography Born in Carregal de Tabosa, Sernancelhe, the natural son of Joaquim Francisco Ribeiro, a priest, and Mariana do Rosário Gomes, he had three older siblings: Maria do Rosário, Melchior and Joaquim. He was originally destined for the priesthood, but became involved with the Portuguese Republican Party in opposition to the Royal House of Braganza, and had to exile himself in Paris. In 1914, he returned to Portugal, after the start of World War I. By then, the Portuguese First Republic had been established. He was later involved in opposition to António de Oliveira Salazar and the Estado Novo, whose government had moved to censor or ban several of his books. He was married twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Luanda
The Archdiocese of Luanda ( la, Archidioecesis Luandensis) is the oldest Roman Catholic (arch)bishopric in Angola."Archdiocese of Luanda" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016 The Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios) is in Luanda and it was built in 1628. It replaced the former Antiga Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição as episcopal see. History The diocese was founded in 1596 as the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda alias Angola e Congo (Angola in Congo), on t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of São Tomé And PrÃncipe
The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and PrÃncipe ( la, Sancti Thomae in Insula) is a diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat in the city of São Tomé in São Tomé and PrÃncipe."Diocese of São Tomé e PrÃncipe" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017"Diocese of São Tomé and PrÃncipe" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016 It covers the territory of the Republic of São Tomé and PrÃncipe. , 112,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Soveral
Francisco de Soveral (c. 1565 in Sernancelhe, Portugal – 5 January 1642 in Angola) was a Portuguese prelate. Biography Father Francisco de Soveral was the son of Pedro de Soveral and Maria de Almeida, he was the brother of D. Roque de Soveral. He visited the Santa Cruz de Coimbra Monastery and was the Canon of the Order of St. Augustine in 1588, he attended at the University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coi ... in 1595, where he became known as D. Francisco de Soveral, father of Santa Cruz, doctorate in theology at the Faculty of Theology at the same university. On 10 June 1619, he was deputy of the Table of the Holy Office and so on. On 5 October 1623, he was the 9th Bishop of São Tomè on 5 October 1623 and was the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sernancelhe E Sarzeda
Sernancelhe e Sarzeda is a civil parish in the municipality of Sernancelhe Sernancelhe ( or ) is a municipality in the district Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5671, in an area of 228.61 km2. The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May ..., Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Sernancelhe and Sarzeda. The population in 2011 was 1,713,Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 44.78 km2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douro (intermunicipal Community)
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Douro () is an administrative division in Portugal. It replaced the ''Comunidade Urbana do Douro'', created in 2004. It takes its name from the Douro River. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Vila Real. Douro comprises parts of the former districts of Bragança, Guarda, Vila Real and Viseu. The population in 2011 was 205,157, in an area of . Douro is also a NUTS3 subregion of Norte Region. Since January 2015, the NUTS 3 subregion covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintela
Quintela () is a civil parish in the municipality of Sernancelhe Sernancelhe ( or ) is a municipality in the district Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5671, in an area of 228.61 km2. The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May ..., Portugal. The population in 2011 was 294,Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 13.77 km2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viseu (district)
The District of Viseu ( pt, Distrito de Viseu ) is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Viseu. Municipalities The district is composed by 24 municipalities: * Armamar * Carregal do Sal * Castro Daire * Cinfães * Lamego * Mangualde * Moimenta da Beira * Mortágua * Nelas * Oliveira de Frades * Penalva do Castelo * Penedono * Resende * Santa Comba Dão * São João da Pesqueira * São Pedro do Sul * Sátão * Sernancelhe * Tabuaço * Tarouca * Tondela * Vila Nova de Paiva * Viseu * Vouzela List of Parliamentary Representatives Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , 1983 !colspan=2 , 1985 !colspan=2 , 1987 !colspan=2 , 1991 !colspan=2 , 1995 !colspan=2 , 1999 !colspan=2 , 2002 ! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
