Benfica (Lisbon)

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Benfica

Parish coat of arms

Municipality

Lisbon

Area

7.94 km²

Population
- Total
- Density

38,523 (2001)
4,852/km²

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Benfica (pron. IPA: [bɐ̃ĩ'fikɐ]) is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Lisbon. It has a population of 38,523 inhabitants and a total area of 7.94 Km².

The biggest park of Lisbon, the park of Monsanto, is located in Benfica.

[edit] History

[edit] 20th century

In 1959, the parish was split and gave origin to the parish of São Domingos de Benfica. In this period, Lisbon was experiencing a fast growth, in the 1950s the population of the parish was 17,843 inhabitants, forty years later it exceeded 50,000. However, in the 1990s, the population of Lisbon started to decline, with thousands of people leaving to the suburbs and the parish population declined to the present 38,500 inhabitants.

Parishes of Lisbon municipality
Ajuda \| Alcântara \| Alto do Pina \| Alvalade \| Ameixoeira \| Anjos \| Beato \| Benfica \| Campo Grande \| Campolide \| Carnide \| Castelo \| Charneca Coração de Jesus \| Encarnação \| Graça \| Lapa \| Lumiar \| Madalena \| Mártires \| Marvila \| Mercês \| Nossa Senhora de Fátima \| Pena \| Prazeres \| Sacramento Santa Catarina \| Santa Engrácia \| Santa Isabel \| Santa Justa \| Santa Maria de Belém \| Santa Maria dos Olivais \| Santiago \| Santo Condestável \| Santo Estêvão Santos-o-Velho \| São Cristóvão e São Lourenço \| São Domingos de Benfica \| São Francisco Xavier \| São João \| São João de Brito \| São João de Deus São Jorge de Arroios \| São José \| São Mamede \| São Miguel \| São Nicolau \| São Paulo \| São Sebastião da Pedreira \| São Vicente de Fora \| Sé \| Socorro

Parishes of Lisbon municipality