Queluz | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Queluz Location of the town of Queluz | |
| Coordinates: 38°45′05″N 9°15′59″W / 38.75139°N 9.26639°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Lisbon |
| Subregion | Greater Lisbon |
| District | Lisbon |
| Municipality | Sintra |
| Municipality | Sintra |
| Parishes | 3
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| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 78,273 |
| Demonym | Queluzense |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| 2745-NNN | 2745-000:2745-999 |
| Postal Zone | (+351) 21X XXX XXX |
| ISO 3166 code | PT |
| Website | http://www.cm-sintra.pt |
Queluz (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is a city within the Sintra Municipality, on the Portuguese Riviera, in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal.[1] It is famed as the home of Queluz National Palace, the 18th century pleasure palace of the Portuguese Royal Family, as well as notable institutions like the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art. Queluz had a population 78,273 inhabitants in 2001.[2]
- ^ Decrete Lei Nº.88/97 (PDF), Lisbon, Portugal: Diário da República, 24 July 1997, retrieved 12 October 2012
- ^ Nuno Pires Soares (ed.), Uma População que se Urbaniza (Census of 2001) (PDF) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português[permanent dead link]