Salir do Porto is a former

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in the municipality of

Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ...

, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Tornada e Salir do Porto Tornada e Salir do Porto is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the ...

. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 797 at the 2011

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. (Click "Change selection conditions" to choose the parish under Portugal > Continente > Centro > Oeste > Caldas da Rainha.) Salir do Porto was the northernmost parish of the municipality of Caldas da Rainha. It has a beach with a famous sand dune almost 49 metres high. The beach is located by the river ''Tornada'' that flows into the São Martinho bay. There are other beaches on the ocean side. Those are rock beaches that the locals call ''quebradas''. Salir has three different communities: Salir do Porto, Casais de Salir do Porto and Bouro. Salir is served by the Oeste

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Junta de Freguesia de Salir do Porto
Former parishes of Caldas da Rainha {{Leiria-geo-stub