Campolide
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Campolide is a Portuguese civil parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Lisbon. It was created on February 7, 1959. The population in 2011 was 15,460,[1] in an area of 2.77 km².[2]
Campolide was the site of a major battle on 5 September 1833, when the forces of Dom Miguel attacked those of Dom Pedro, as Pedro attempted to wrest back control of Portugal from his brother.[3]
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References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
- ↑ Direção-Geral do Território
- ↑ Neill Macaulay, Dom Pedro. The Struggle for Liberty in Brazil and Portugal, 1798-1834 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1986), p. 292
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