Agualva-Cacém () is a Portuguese city within the municipality of

Sintra Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...

, in the

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. It comprises the

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of Agualva e Mira Sintra and Cacém e São Marcos, equivalent to 81,845 inhabitants of the municipalities population.

History

The toponym "Agualva" is derived from the

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'' Aqua alba'', meaning white (pure) water, while "Cacém" is derived from the

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'' Qāsim'' (قاسم), meaning "the one who distributes". The name ''Agualva-Cacém'' belonged to a civil parish that encompassed of the municipality of Sintra. On 12 July 2001, that parish was elevated to the status of city and divided into four civil parishes, which, in 2013, were then merged into two ''unions of parishes'': União das Freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra and União das Freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos. The train station ( Agualva-Cacém railway station) has existed since 1887 (then under the operation of the Larmanjat railway company). Remodeling works began in 2008, with the new station building opening in 2013.

Geography

Agualva-Cacém falls within the Greater Lisbon subregion, an area of mostly residential suburbs.

Architecture

* Anta de Agualva * Gruta do Colaride

Notable citizens

* D. Domingos Jardo, Bishop of Lisbon (1289-1293) * Bebé, footballer * José Lima, footballer

Sport

There are several football clubs in Agualva-Cacém and two futsal clubs; these include:
Atlético Clube do Cacém
* Grupo Desportivo Os Nacionais * Grupo Desportivo do Bairro Azul
Ginásio Clube 1° de Maio de Agualva

Clube Unidos do Cacém

Novos Talentos

References

External links

* União das Freguesias do Cacém e S. Marcos *
Junta de Freguesia do Cacém
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Junta de Freguesia de S. Marcos
* União das Freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra *
Junta de Freguesia da Agualva
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Junta de Freguesia de Mira-Sintra
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