Monção () is a municipality in the district of

Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo () is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 88,725, in an area of 319.02 km². The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,230,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 211.31 km². The current Mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12.

Climate

Monção has a

Hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

(

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: ''Csa'') with mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers, although short, the dry season is dry enough to avoid being classified has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

or an

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...

like nearby

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Notable people

* Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (1846 in Pias, Monção – 1918) an army officer and politician; 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro * José Gomes Temporão (born 1951) a Brazilian public health physician and Minister of Health of Brazil, 2007 to 2010. * Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Lara, Monção) a Uruguayan journalist and news anchor.

Population

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 24 civil parishes (''

freguesias ''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 Port ...

''): * Abedim * Anhões e Luzio * Barbeita * Barroças e Taias * Bela * Cambeses * Ceivães e Badim * Lara * Longos Vales * Mazedo e Cortes * Merufe * Messegães, Valadares e Sá * Monção e Troviscoso * Moreira * Pias * Pinheiros * Podame * Portela * Riba de Mouro * Sago, Lordelo e Parada * Segude * Tangil * Troporiz e Lapela * Trute

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