Monção
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Monção () is a town and municipality in the Alto Minho subregion of Portugal. It is situated on the southern bank of the Minho River, which serves as the natural border between Portugal and Spain. Directly across the river lies the Spanish town of Salvaterra de Miño, with which it forms the Monção–Salvaterra de Miño Eurocity. The population in 2011 was 19,230, in an area of 211.31 km2. The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Monção praza.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Pt-mnc1.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Brasão de Monção.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Portugal#Europe
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Portugal
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Norte
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Subregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Alto Minho
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Viana do Castelo
- Settlement.established_title
- Municipal charter
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- Parishes
- Settlement.parts
- 24
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Minho
- Contains
- Merufe
- Population
- 19230
- Area
- 211.31
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Paredes de Coura
- Official website
- www.cm-moncao.pt
- Image
- Monção praza.jpg
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- Commons category
- Monção
- topic's main category
- Category:Monção
- postal code
- 4950
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- P11012
- Equatoguinean Cup
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Climate
- Administration
- Administrative subdivisions
- Demographics
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Monção () is a town and municipality in the Alto Minho subregion of Portugal. It is situated on the southern bank of the Minho River, which serves as the natural border between Portugal and Spain. Directly across the river lies the Spanish town of Salvaterra de Miño, with which it forms the Monção–Salvaterra de Miño Eurocity. The population in 2011 was 19,230, in an area of 211.31 km2. The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12.
== Etymology == According to the linguist José Pedro Machado, the name Monção comes from the Latin , which means mountainous, or of the mountain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monção” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.