Amadora
municipality and city in Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amadora (ɐmɐˈðoɾɐ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The city and municipality has 175,872 people in eleven freguesias (parishes). It has an area of 23.77 square kilometres. It is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal.
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Amadora | |
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Coordinates: 38°44′N 9°14′W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Lisboa |
Metropolitan area | Lisbon |
District | Lisbon |
Parishes | 6 |
Government | |
• President | Carla Tavares (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 23.78 km2 (9.18 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 171,719 |
• Density | 7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Website | http://www.cm-amadora.pt |
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It is a suburb of Lisbon, and both cities share the same subway, bus and train network. It is a residential city, and the landscape includes apartments, parks and industrial areas. Amadora also has immigrants from Angola, Cape Verde and Brazil.
Each year, Amadora organizes the Amadora International Comics Festival.