Santa Clara () is a ''

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 Por ...

'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. Located in northern Lisbon, Santa Clara is north of

Lumiar Lumiar () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Lumiar is east of Carnide, north of Alvalade, west of Olivais, and south of Santa Clara and partially of Lisbon's border w ...

, west of Olivais, and directly south of Lisbon's border with

Odivelas Odivelas ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal, in the Lisbon District and the historical and cultural Estremadura Province. The municipality is located 10 km northwest of Lisbon. The present Mayor is Hugo ...

and

Loures Loures () is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the District and Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201,632. History There was early human sett ...

. The population in 2011 was 22,480.Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of PortugalÁreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
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History

The

was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former Charneca and Ameixoeira parishes.

Landmarks

*''Igreja de Santana'' *Campo das Amoreiras

References

{{lisbon-geo-stub Parishes of Lisbon