Amadora
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Template:Infobox Municipality pt Amadora (pron. IPA [[[Template:IPA]]]) is a city and a municipality (Portuguese: concelho or município) in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias (parishes). With an area of 23.77 km2, it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal.
The municipality was formed on September 11 1979, when it ceased being a parish of Oeiras.
Amadora is the third largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon and Porto. It forms a conurbation with the portuguese capital Lisbon, and both cities share the same subway, bus and train network. It is also a major residencial suburb of the capital, and the landscape is dominated by large appartment blocs and some industry. Amadora is also home to a big community of african immigrants, mostly from Angola and Cape Verde. Although major rehabilitation plans are in march, Amadora is still regarded as a city with a crime rate relatively higher than the national average, and notorious for its trafic jams.
Every year, Amadora city organizes the Amadora International Comics Festival.
Parishes
- Alfornelos
- Alfragide
- Brandoa
- Buraca
- Damaia
- Falagueira
- Mina
- Reboleira
- São Brás
- Venda Nova
- Venteira
External links
- Câmara Municipal da Amadora - official municipal Web site
- Amadora International Comics Festival - official festival Web site
- Photos from AMADORA
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