Azambuja
Sign in to saveAzambuja (), officially the Town of Azambuja (), is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, in the historical region of Ribatejo (and the sole municipality of within the district that does not belong to the historical province of Estremadura). The population in 2011 was 21,814, in an area of 262.66 km2. Until 2004, the municipality was part of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, when they left the metropolitan area and joined into the NUTS III statistical subregion of Lezíria do Tejo.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Azambuja
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Azambuja
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-azb1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- AZB.png
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Lezíria do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 7
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Silvino Lúcio
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 262.66
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 21,814
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.holiday
- Ascension Day (date varies)
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Azambuja (), officially the Town of Azambuja (), is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, in the historical region of Ribatejo (and the sole municipality of within the district that does not belong to the historical province of Estremadura). The population in 2011 was 21,814, in an area of 262.66 km2. Until 2004, the municipality was part of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, when they left the metropolitan area and joined into the NUTS III statistical subregion of Lezíria do Tejo.
==History== thumb|250px|left|Centre of Azambuja. The town is so old that there is no longer any surviving record of when it received the privileged status embodied in a municipal charter. The town's current name is derived from the name given to it by Muslims of Iberia, who referred to it as "Azzabuja".