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Chaves, Portugal
Chaves | |
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.jpg) .jpg) _(cropped).jpg) .jpg) .jpg)  From top left to right: The Câmara Municipal de Chaves (City Hall), the Tâmega River, the typical balconies, the keep, one of the central gardens and one of the two churches. Pelourinho Square | |
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| Coordinates: 41°44′26″N 7°28′17″W / 41.74056°N 7.47139°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Alto Tâmega |
| District | Vila Real |
| Parishes | 41 (see text) |
| Government | |
| • President | Nuno Vaz (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 591.23 km2 (228.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 371 m (1,217 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 41,243 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 5400 |
| Area code | 276 |
| Patron | Nossa Senhora da Livração |
| Website | http://www.chaves.pt |
Chaves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃavɨʃ] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal. It is 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín (Spain). The population of the entire municipality in 2011 was 41,243,[1] in an area of 591.23 km2.[2] The municipality is the second most populous of the district of Vila Real (the district capital, Vila Real, is 60 km south on the A24 motorway). With origins in the Roman civitas Aquæ Flaviæ, Chaves has developed into a regional center. The urban area or city proper has 17,535 residents (2001).[3]
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Uma população que se urbaniza, uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
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