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Norte Region, Portugal
The North Region ( pt, Região do Norte ) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon Region, Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its ...
Tâmega River Tâmega may refer to:
* Tâmega River, in Spain and Portugal
* Tâmega Subregion, Portugal
* Guilherme Tâmega, six time world bodyboarding champion
* List of ships of the Portuguese Navy#Destroyers, ''Tamega'', a Portuguese Navy destroyer
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that crosses through the subregion. With 558,000 inhabitants (2005) it is the fourth most populated subregion in
Portugal
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. It has several important urban centers - Paços de Ferreira (pop. 41,000), Lousada (pop. 25,000), Penafiel (24,000), Paredes and Felgueiras (pop. 21,000) - being one of the most decentralized of the Portuguese subregions.
The chief city is
Penafiel
Penafiel ( or () is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of .
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. Other important cities are: Amarante, Felgueiras,
Freamunde
Freamunde is a Portuguese parish in the municipality
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Lixa
Lixa is a Portuguese city
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, Marco de Canaveses, Paços de Ferreira, Paredes,
Rebordosa
Rebordosa () is a civil parish in the municipality of Paredes, in the northern subregion of Tâmega. The population in 2011 was 9,106,São Salvador de Lordelo.
Important towns: Baião, Cabeceiras de Basto, Castelo de Paiva ( Sobrado), Cinfães, Lousada, Resende, Ribeira de Pena and Vila Meã.
The main economical activities are centered on light industry, furniture, agriculture and wine.
It covers an area of 2,631 km2 with a density of 212 inhabitants/km2.
Main rivers:
Douro River
The Douro (, , ; es, Duero ; la, Durius) is the highest-flow river of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province, central Spain, meanders south briefly then flows generally west through the north-west part of ...
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Tâmega River Tâmega may refer to:
* Tâmega River, in Spain and Portugal
* Tâmega Subregion, Portugal
* Guilherme Tâmega, six time world bodyboarding champion
* List of ships of the Portuguese Navy#Destroyers, ''Tamega'', a Portuguese Navy destroyer
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and
Sousa River
The Sousa River ( pt, rio Sousa; ) is a river in Portugal, a tributary of the Douro. It rises in the parish of Friande, Felgueiras, in the Porto District of northwest Portugal, and is a right tributary of the Douro, which it meets at the parish of ...
Cinfães
Cinfães () is a village and a List of Portuguese municipalities, municipality in the northern district of Viseu (district), Viseu, Portugal. The village proper has about 3,300 inhabitants. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 20,427,
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Felgueiras
Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065, in a ...
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Lousada
Lousada () is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km².
It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which ...
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Marco de Canaveses
Marco de Canaveses () is a city and municipality on Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 53,450, in an area of 201.89 km². The city itself had a population of 9,042 in 2001.
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Mondim de Basto
Mondim de Basto () is a municipality in the district of Vila Real in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,493, in an area of 172.08 km2.
The present Mayor is Bruno Ferreira, elected by the psd Party. The municipal holiday is July 25.
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Paços de Ferreira
Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km².
Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...
Penafiel
Penafiel ( or () is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of .
History
The region ...