Salir do Porto
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| Salir do Porto | |
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| Municipality | Caldas da Rainha |
| Area | 9.9 km² |
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| - Total | 770 (2001) |
| - Density | 78.1/km² |
| Website: http://www.jfreg-salirdoporto.online.pt/ | |
Salir do Porto is one of the sixteen civil parishes (freguesias) that make up the municipality (município or concelho) of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The parish has an area of 9.9 km² and 770 residents [1].
Salir do Porto is the northernmost parish of the municipality of Caldas da Rainha. It has a beach with a famous sand dune almost 49 meters high. The beach is located by the river Tornada that flows into the São Martinho bay. There are other beaches on the ocean side. Those are rock beaches that the locals call quebradas.
Salir has three different communities: Salir do Porto, Casais de Salir do Porto and Bouro.
Salir is served by the Oeste railroad.
[edit] References
- ^ Portugal: Retrato Territorial: Caldas da Rainha from the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (free login required)
[edit] External links
- Junta de Freguesia de Salir do Porto (Portuguese)
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