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Vila Real (other)
Vila Real is a city and municipality in northern Portugal. Vila Real may also refer to: Portugal * S.C. Vila Real, an association football club from Vila Real * Vila Real District with capital in Vila Real * Vila Real Football Association, the governing body in the district of Vila Real * Vila Real de Santo António, a town in Faro District, in the Algarve region of Portugal * Vila Real (Olivença), a village in the disputed section of the Portugal—Spain border Spain * Vila-real or Villarreal, a municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain * Vila Real (Olivença), a village in the disputed section of the Portugal—Spain border Brazil * ''Vila Real da Praia Grande'', colonial designation of the city of Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ..., in Rio de J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Real
Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality covers an area of and is home to an estimated population of 49,574 (2021), of which about 30,000 live in the urban area (2021). The city is located in a plateau 450 m (1,510 ft) high, over the promontory formed by the gorges of the Corgo and Cabril rivers, where the oldest part of town (Vila Velha) is located, framed by the escarpments of the Corgo gorge. The Alvão and Marão mountains overlook the town on the northwest and southwest side, respectively, rising up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft). With over seven hundred years of existence, the city was once known as the "royal court of Trás-os-Montes" due to the high number of manors bearing coats of arms and family crests, attesting the presence of noble figures that established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Real District
The District of Vila Real ( pt, Distrito de Vila Real ) is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of , the district is located east of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro River. Vila Real has always belonged to the historical province of Trás-os-Montes. Approximate population in the 2001 census was 230,000. The population has shown negative rates in recent years due to emigration and aging. Many of the villages have lost population and have become deserted while the district capital has gained in population. It is bordered by Spain (Galicia) in the north and east, Braga District and Porto District in the west, Viseu District in the south and Bragança District in the east. Geographic and socioeconomic characteristics Vila Real is a rugged area of low mountains and narrow valleys. Historically it had always been cut off from the coast by the Marão, Gerês, and Cabreira mountains until a highway was cut through in the eighties. Due to poor soil, agri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Real Football Association
The Vila Real Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Vila Real'', abrv. ''AF Vila Real'') is the district governing body for all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Vila Real. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the district. Notable clubs in the Vila Real FA * G.D. Chaves * Vila Real Current Divisions - 2011–12 Season The AF Vila Real runs the following divisions covering the fifth and sixth tiers of the Portuguese football league system. Honra – série A *Centro Desportivo e Cultural de Montalegre *Grupo Desportivo de Boticas *Grupo Desportivo de Cerva *Grupo Desportivo de Ribeira de Pena *Grupo Desportivo de Valpaços *Grupo Desportivo de Vilar de Perdizes *Grupo Desportivo e Cultural de Salto *Mondinense Futebol Clube *Vidago Futebol Clube *Vilarinho Futebol Clube Honra – série B *Abambres Sport Clube * Associação Desportiva e Cultural de Santa Marta de Penaguião *Associação Desportiva e Cultural Fernão Magalhães ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Real De Santo António
Vila Real de Santo António (, often run together as ) is a city, civil parish, and municipality in the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,156, in an area of 61.25 km2. It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity: its territory comprises two parts, with the municipal seat located in the eastern part. Vila Real de Santo António was founded after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, and largely expanded in 1774 using the same architectural and construction techniques employed in the reconstruction of Lisbon after the disaster. The city is situated next to the Guadiana river. Before the construction of the Guadiana International Bridge (in its neighboring upstream municipality of Castro Marim) it used to be the easiest access to Portugal from Andalusia (via ferry from the Spanish city of Ayamonte across the river). Nevertheless, international movement of people and goods is still intense and much visible in the city. History The his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Real (Olivença)
Villarreal (Vila Real in Portuguese) is a village located on the Guadiana river in the municipality of Olivenza, Spain. History In the thirteenth century, King Sancho I of Portugal awarded the village to the military Order of Aviz, with Gonçalo Viegas being the commander of the area. Territorial dispute Villarreal lies on the disputed section of the Portugal–Spain border, in front of the fortified villages of Juromenha and Alandroal. Historically it belonged not as now to Olivenza, but to Juromenha, and was called Aldeia da Ribeira. After its incorporation into the Kingdom of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ..., it became a ''pedanía'' in the municipality of Olivenza.''Corographia portugueza e descripçam topographica do famoso Reyno de Portugal'', Tomo II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villarreal
Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( Castelló de la Plana). Villarreal is separated from Castelló de la Plana by the Millars River. It has 51,367 inhabitants (2010 data), most of them living in the urban area that covers about 10.7% of its ''comarca's'' 55.4 km2 surface. Ranked by population, it is the second-largest city in the province (after the capital), and fifteenth in the Valencian Community. The town was founded with royal status by King James I of Aragon in 1274 during his campaign to regain Muslim territory in present-day Valencia during the Reconquista. It later became an agricultural centre for orange cultivation, and more recently a centre for the ceramics industry. The city is the birthplace of Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (1852–190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niterói
Niterói (, ) is a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It was the state capital, as marked by its golden mural crown, from 1834 to 1894 and again from 1903 to 1975. It has an estimated population of 515,317 inhabitants (2020) and an area of , making it the fifth most populous city in the state. It has the highest Human Development Index of the state and the seventh highest among Brazil's municipalities in 2010. Individually, it is the second municipality with the highest average monthly household income per capita in Brazil and appears in 13th place among the municipalities of the country according to social indicators related to education. The city has the nicknames of Nikiti, Nicki City and the Smile City ''(Cidade Sorriso').'' Studies by the Getulio Vargas Foundation in June 2011 classified Niterói as the richest ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villarreal (other)
Villarreal is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Castellón. Villarreal may also refer to: Sports * Villarreal CF, a football club based in Villarreal, Castellón ** Villarreal CF B, the reserve team of Villarreal CF ** Villarreal CF C, the second reserve team of Villarreal CF People * Brayan Villarreal (born 1988), Venezuelan Major League baseball player * David Villarreal (born 1955), American serial killer * Eugenio Torres Villarreal, a Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper * Federico Villarreal (1850–1923), 19th-century Peruvian mathematician * José Villarreal (athlete), Venezuelan paralympic athlete * Jose Villarreal (soccer) (born 1993), American soccer player who plays for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer * José Félix Villarreal (1956–2022), Mexican chess master * José Antonio Villarreal (1924–2010), novelist * José Luis Villarreal (born 1966), former Argentine footballer * Javier Villarreal (born 1979), Argentine football p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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