Boticas
Sign in to saveBoticas () is a town and a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real and in the Trás-os-Montes region. Covering an area of , it had a population of 4,832 in 2024, while the town of Boticas itself had 1,540 residents in 2021. The municipality is part of the Alto Tâmega intermunicipal community and, together with Montalegre, forms the historical and cultural Barroso region. Boticas is known for its archaeological heritage, including Iron Age castros and the finding of Gallaecian warrior statues.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-btc1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- BTC.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Boticas - Portugal (7315853692).jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Panorama of Boticas
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
- none
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Norte
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alto Tâmega
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Vila Real
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 10
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Fernando Pereira Campos
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 883
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 321.96
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2024
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 4832
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
- Contains
- Boticas e Granja
- Population
- 5750
- Area
- 321.96
- Elevation
- 724
- Shares border with
- Cabeceiras de Basto
- Official website
- www.cm-boticas.pt
- Image
- Boticas Tras os Montes.jpg
- Dialing code
- 276
- Patron saint
- Mary
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- postal code
- 5460
- topic's main category
- Category:Boticas
- twinned administrative body
- Gond-Pontouvre
- Commons category
- Boticas
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- P8168
- Boyce
- number of viewers/listeners
- 969065
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory and Antiquity
- Middle Ages and Modern Era
- Geography
- Physical geography
- Climate
- Human geography
- Economy
- Culture
- Architecture
- Civic
- Religious
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Boticas () is a town and a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real and in the Trás-os-Montes region. Covering an area of , it had a population of 4,832 in 2024, while the town of Boticas itself had 1,540 residents in 2021. The municipality is part of the Alto Tâmega intermunicipal community and, together with Montalegre, forms the historical and cultural Barroso region. Boticas is known for its archaeological heritage, including Iron Age castros and the finding of Gallaecian warrior statues.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boticas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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