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Tabuaço

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

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Coordinates: 41°06′N 7°34′W / 41.100°N 7.567°W / 41.100; -7.567Country

PortugalRegionNorteIntermunic. comm.DouroDistrictViseuParishes17Government

• PresidentCarlos Carvalho (PSD)Area

• Total133.86 km² (51.68 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total6,350 • Density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitewww.cm-tabuaco.pt

Tabuaço (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐβuˈasu] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,350,^[1] in an area of 133.86 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Dr. Carlos André Teles Paulo de Carvalho, elected by the Social Democratic Party (Portugal). The municipal holiday is June 24.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Adorigo
Arcos
Barcos e Santa Leocádia
Chavães
Desejosa
Granja do Tedo
Longa
Paradela e Granjinha
Pinheiros e Vale de Figueira
Sendim
Tabuaço
Távora e Pereiro
Valença do Douro

Notable people

Abel Botelho (1855/56 – 1917) a Portuguese military officer, diplomat and a distinguished Naturalism writer

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 117-118" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.