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Penamacor

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Country
  
Portugal

Intermunic. comm.
  
Beira Baixa

Time zone
  
WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)

Population
  
5,682 (2011)

District
  
Castelo Branco District

Subregion
  
Beira Interior Sul

Parishes
  
9

Area
  
563.7 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 4:44 AM

Region
  
Centro Region, Portugal

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 100% Humidity

Penamacor ([pɨnɐmɐˈkoɾ] or [penɐmɐˈkoɾ]) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,682, in an area of 563.71 square kilometres (217.65 sq mi). The physician and encyclopédiste António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches was born in Penamacor.

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Map of Penamacor, Portugal

The mayor is António Luís Beites Soares. The municipal holiday is the Easter Monday.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (freguesias):

  • Aldeia do Bispo, Águas e Aldeia de João Pires
  • Aranhas
  • Benquerença
  • Meimão
  • Meimoa
  • Pedrógão de São Pedro e Bemposta
  • Penamacor
  • Salvador
  • Vale da Senhora da Póvoa
  • References

    Penamacor Wikipedia