Santiago do Cacein [1] [2] ( port. Santiago do Cacém ; [sɐ̃ti'agu du kɐ'sɐ̃ĩ] ) is a city in Portugal , the center of the eponymous municipality of Setubal County. The population is 7.3 thousand inhabitants (city), 30.2 thousand inhabitants (municipality). The city is part of the Alentejo region, in the Alentejo-Litoral subregion. According to the old administrative division, it was part of the province of Baixu Alentejo .
Municipality | |||||
Santiago do Cacin | |||||
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port. Santiago do Cacém | |||||
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A country | Portugal | ||||
Historical area | Baixu Alentejo | ||||
County | Setubal | ||||
Municipality | Santiago do Cacin | ||||
Internal division | 11 districts | ||||
The mayor | Vitor Proensa | ||||
History and Geography | |||||
Based | 1512 | ||||
Square | km² | ||||
Center height | |||||
Timezone | UTC0 , summer UTC + 1 | ||||
Population | |||||
Population | 30,200 people | ||||
Density | 28.0 people / km² | ||||
Katoykonim | Santiaguense | ||||
Digital identifiers | |||||
Postcode | 7540 | ||||
cm-santiago-do-cacem.pt (port.) | |||||
Location
The city is located 60 km south of Setubal and 12 km east of the Atlantic Ocean
The municipality borders:
- in the north - the municipality of Grandola
- in the northeast - the municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo
- in the east - the municipality of Aljustrel
- in the south - the municipality of Orique and Odemira
- in the west - the municipality of Sines and the Atlantic Ocean
Population
The population of the municipality (1801-2004) | ||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 |
6854 | 8045 | 18 576 | 25,878 | 33,579 | 29 191 | 31 475 | 31 105 | 30 203 |
History
The city was founded in 1512 .
Neighborhoods
Fregezia (districts) of the municipality of Santiago do Cacin | ||||||
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No. | Name | Original name | Number of inhabitants people (2001) | Territory km² | Density people / km² | Postcode |
See also
- Setubal (Borough)
- Setubal County Municipalities
- Setubal County Districts
Notes
- ↑ Spain, Andorra, Portugal // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 58-59. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Santiago do Casen // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 320.