Pousa is a

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freguesia ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...

'' ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 2,272,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 6.63 km². Pousa is located in between the two sub-cities (Barcelos and Braga) in the northern region of Portugal. Many of its residents work in the sub-cities as they are within 30 minutes reach using motorised transport. It is surrounded by a beautiful mainstream river along with mountains filled with pine/oak trees. Forest fires are rare but not overlooked by authorities as there is at least one every year. Pousa has the ''Auto Estrada Porto-Valença'' running across through its border of its neighbour (Graca).

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Freguesias of Barcelos, Portugal {{braga-geo-stub