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Tomar
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Tomar (), also known in English as Thomar (the ancient name of Tomar), is a Portuguese city and a municipality in the historical Ribatejo Portuguese province, and in Santarém district. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an area of .
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Tomar
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-tmr1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- TMR.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Tomar - Portugal (32771230342).jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- View of the town of Tomar and the Nabão river
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Tomar
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Médio Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Santarém
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Anabela Freitas
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 351.20
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 40677
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 11
- Portuguese subdivision.holiday
- March 1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Município de Tomar
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Médio Tejo Subregion
- Contains
- Asseiceira
- Population
- 40677
- Area
- 351.2
- Elevation
- 342
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Torres Novas
- Official website
- www.cm-tomar.pt
- Image
- Vista de Tomar.JPG
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- Commons gallery
- Tomar
- contact page URL
- www.cm-tomar.pt/index.php/contactos
- Commons category
- Tomar
- topic's main category
- Category:Tomar
- twinned administrative body
- Vincennes
- category for people born here
- Q15044065
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Tomar
- postal code
- 2300-xxx
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Tomar
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- native label
- Tomar
- P8168
- Nicollet
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Parishes
- History
- International relations
- Attractions
- Schools and education
- Local festival and events
- Holidays
- Local food specialities
- Myths
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Tomar (), also known in English as Thomar (the ancient name of Tomar), is a Portuguese city and a municipality in the historical Ribatejo Portuguese province, and in Santarém district. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an area of .
The town of Tomar was created inside the walls of the Convento de Cristo, constructed under the orders of Gualdim de Pais, the fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar in Portugal in the late 12th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tomar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations