Minde | |
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Coordinates: 39°31′01″N 8°40′59″W / 39.517°N 8.683°W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Oeste e Vale do Tejo |
Intermunic. comm. | Médio Tejo |
District | Santarém |
Municipality | Alcanena |
Area | |
• Total | 21.14 km2 (8.16 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,293 |
• Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Minde (Ninhou in the Minderico language) is a town and freguesia (civil parish) of Alcanena Municipality, in the District of Santarém, in Portugal. The population of the entire civil parish in 2011 was 3,293,[1] in an area of 21.14 km² (Censos 2011).[2] Minde is known as the place of origin of the Minderico, a sociolect or argot spoken by traders.[3] The civil parish is located in a landscape of intensive karst. People who originate from or live in Minde are informally known as Minderico (said to have been created as a variation of Mindense (which is also correct) because, as a result of the regional development of the clothing industry, the people of Minde were considered to be wealthy (rico in Portuguese, thus Minderico). The formal and ever-used form of Minderico is Mindense.