Mação

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 39°33′N 7°59′W / 39.550°N 7.983°W / 39.550; -7.983Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Médio TejoDistrictSantarémParishes6Government

• PresidentVasco Estrela (PSD)Area

• Total399.98 km² (154.43 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total7,338 • Density18/km² (48/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayEaster Monday
date variesWebsitehttp://www.cm-macao.pt

Mação (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈsɐ̃w] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,338,^[1] in an area of 399.98 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Vasco António Mendonça Sequeira Estrela, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Amêndoa
Cardigos
Carvoeiro
Envendos
Mação, Penhascoso e Aboboreira
Ortiga

Notable people

António Lino Neto (1873 in Mação – 1961) a Portuguese Catholic politician, lawyer and professor of Political Economy.
Duarte Marques (born 1981 in Mação) a Portuguese consultant, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 64" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2014.