Tabuaço () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district
Viseu
Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabi ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,350,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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The present mayor is Dr. Carlos André Teles Paulo de Carvalho, elected by the Social Democratic Party (Portugal). The municipal holiday is June 24.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 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 ...
''):
Notable people
* Abel Botelho
Abel Acácio de Almeida Botelho (23 September 1855 or 1856 – 1917), was a Portuguese military officer and diplomat who distinguished himself as a writer. A representative of Naturalism in Portugal, he wrote, among others, ''O Barão de Lavos'' ...
(1855/56 – 1917) a Portuguese military officer, diplomat and a distinguished Naturalism writer
References
External links
Municipality official websiteVolunteer Firefighters official website
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
People from Tabuaço
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