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Viana do Castelo is a municipality located in Portugal, situated in the northern part of the country. It is known for its historic architecture, coastal location, and cultural significance as an important port city with traditional Portuguese heritage.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Município de Viana do Castelo
- Demonym
- Vianense
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Minho
- Population
- 88725
- Area
- 319.02
- Elevation
- 12
- Time zone
- Western European Time
- Shares border with
- Ponte de Lima
- Official website
- www.cm-viana-castelo.pt
- Image
- Viana do Castelo.JPG
- Dialing code
- 258
- Patron saint
- Mary
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- twinned administrative body
- Matola
- Commons category
- Viana do Castelo
- category for people born here
- Q18857647
- topic's main category
- Category:Viana do Castelo
- Commons gallery
- Viana do Castelo
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Viana do Castelo
- postal code
- 4904
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +351-258-809-300
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Encyclopedic overview
Viana do Castelo, officially the City of Viana do Castelo, is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 85,778, in an area of 319.02 square kilometres (123.17 mi). The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, has a population of approximately 36,148 inhabitants, although the extended densely populated region reaches surrounding municipalities like Caminha and Ponte de Lima with a population above 150,000 inhabitants. It is located at the mouth of the Lima river, on the Portuguese Way path, an alternative path of the Camino de Santiago.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viana do Castelo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.