Barqueiros is a Portuguese ''

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'' ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 1,957,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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, held annually on 6, 7 and 8 September. Barqueiros became daily news in Portugal in the 1980s due to mass protests by the citizens of Barqueiros against the mining of

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. This became known in Portugal as the Guerra dos Caulinos. The conflict dragged on through the 1980s until it finally escalated resulting in the shooting death of 20-year-old José Carlos Manhente Simões on 26 June 1989 by GNR forces (Guarda Nacional Republicana).

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