Amadora

Amadora
—  Municipality  —
Aventura Park, Amadora.
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Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 38°44′N 9°14′W
Kintra	Portugal
Region	Lisbon
Subregion	Greater Lisbon
Destrict/A.R.	Lisbon
Govrenment
- Mayor	Joaquim Raposo (PS)
Aurie
- Tot	23.8 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Indwallers
- Tot	176,239
- Densitie	7,405/km2 (/sq mi)
Parishes (no.)	11
Municipal holiday	September 11
Wabsteid	http://www.cm-amadora.pt

Amadora (Template:IPA-pt) is a ceety an a municipality in Portugal, in the northwast o the Lisbon Metropolitan Aurie. The ceety an municipality population is 175,872 in eleiven freguesias (parishes). Wi an aurie o 23.77 km², it is the maist densely populatit municipality o Portugal. Amadora is a satellite ceety o Lisbon, ane o the smawest Portuguese municipalities (24 km²), but ane o the maist populous.

The municipality wis formit on 11 September 1979, when it ceased being a parish o Oeiras Municipality. It wis incorporatit as a ceety syne that date.

Amadora is ane o the lairgest ceeties in Portugal bi population. It forms a conurbation wi the Portuguese caipital Lisbon, an baith ceeties share the same subway, bus andtrain netwirk. It is an aw a major residential suburb o the caipital, an the landscape is dominatit bi lairge apairtment blocks an some industry. Amadora is an aw hame tae a big community o African immigrants, maistly frae Angola an Cape Verde.

Although major rehabilitation plans hae been stairtit, Amadora is still regardit as a ceety wi a creeme rate heicher than the naitional average, an notorious for its traffic jams.

Ivery year, Amadora organizes the Amadora International Comics Festival[1].

Parishes

• Alfornelos
• Alfragide
• Brandoa
• Buraca
• Damaia
• Falagueira
• Mina
• Reboleira
• São Brás
• Venda Nova
• Venteira

Freemit airtins

• Câmara Municipal da Amadora - offeecial municipal Wab steid
• Amadora International Comics Festival - offeecial festival Wab steid
• Photos frae AMADORA