Sabugal
Municipality in Centro, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sabugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐβuˈɣal] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda, Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,544,[1] in an area of 822.70 km2.[2] The city proper, located along the Côa river, has a population of about 3,000 inhabitants. There is a castle in the city of Sabugal proper as well as other castles outside the urban centre in a number of places around the entire municipality of Sabugal. Those are the castles of Sortelha, Alfaiates, Vilar Maior and Vila do Touro. The municipal holiday is the Monday after Octave of Easter. It is also place for the Sabugal Dam built in 2000 and the river beach of Devesa, both located in the Côa river. At an elevation of roughly 750 m (2460 ft) above sea level, Sabugal is among the highest cities in Portugal.
Sabugal | |
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Coordinates: 40°21′N 7°05′W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Centro |
Intermunic. comm. | Beiras e Serra da Estrela |
District | Guarda |
Parishes | 30 |
Government | |
• President | António Robalo (PSD) |
Area | |
• Total | 822.70 km2 (317.65 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,544 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Local holiday | Monday after Octave of Easter |
Website | http://www.cm-sabugal.pt |