Almada

Almada
Flag of Almada
Coat of arms of Almada
Coordinates: 38°40′49″N 9°9′30″W / 38.68028°N 9.15833°W / 38.68028; -9.15833
Country Portugal
RegionLisbon
Metropolitan areaLisbon
DistrictSetúbal
Parishes5
Government
 • PresidentInês de Medeiros (PS)
Area
 • Total70.21 km2 (27.11 sq mi)
Elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total174,030
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
2805
Area code21
PatronSão João Baptista
Websitewww.m-almada.pt

Almada (European Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈmaðɐ] ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 174,030,[1] in an area of 70.21 km2.[2] The urbanized core center, the city of Almada proper, had a population of 101,500 in 2001.[3] It makes part of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ City parishes: Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas and Laranjeiro e Feijó. UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)