Mação () is a municipality in the
Santarém District
The District of Santarém ( ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's West and Tagus Valley region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.
The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a population of 475 ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,338,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 399.98 km².
The present Mayor is Vasco António Mendonça Sequeira Estrela, elected by the Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
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. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday
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Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
* Amêndoa
* Cardigos
* Carvoeiro
* Envendos
* Mação, Penhascoso e Aboboreira
* Ortiga
Notable people
* António Lino Neto
António Lino Neto (Mação, 30 January 1873 – 16 November 1961) was a Portuguese Catholic politician, lawyer and professor of Political Economy. He was politically active during the end of the Constitutional Monarchy, the First Republic and ...
(1873 in Mação – 1961) a Portuguese Catholic politician, lawyer and professor of Political Economy.
* Duarte Marques (born 1981 in Mação) a Portuguese consultant, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic
References
External links
Municipality official website
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Santarém District
Municipalities of Santarém District
People from Mação
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