Santarém District
District of Portugal
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The District of Santarém (Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j] ⓘ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's West and Tagus Valley region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.
District of Santarém
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| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Oeste e Vale do Tejo |
| Historical province | Ribatejo (partly Beira Baixa and Beira Litoral) |
| No. of municipalities | 21 |
| No. of parishes | 193 |
| Capital | Santarém |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,747 km2 (2,605 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 475,344 |
| • Density | 70.45/km2 (182.5/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | PT-14 |
| No. of parliamentary representatives | 9 |
The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of 6,747 km2 (2,605 sq mi), and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 70 people per sq. kilometer (180 people per sq. mile).
Municipalities
The district includes the following 21 municipalities.
Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022
| Parties | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S |
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| 1976 | 1979 | 1980 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2002 | 2005 | 2009 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| PS | 38.4 | 6 | 27.3 | 3 | 30.4 | 4 | 38.4 | 5 | 18.6 | 2 | 21.7 | 3 | 29.4 | 3 | 45.8 | 5 | 45.5 | 5 | 38.4 | 4 | 46.1 | 6 | 33.7 | 4 | 25.9 | 3 | 32.9 | 3 | 37.1 | 4 | 41.2 | 5 |
| PSD | 19.5 | 3 | In AD | 24.7 | 3 | 27.8 | 4 | 47.9 | 7 | 49.1 | 6 | 31.0 | 3 | 30.2 | 3 | 38.1 | 4 | 26.4 | 3 | 27.0 | 3 | 37.6 | 5 | In PàF | 25.2 | 3 | 26.9 | 3 | ||||
| CDS-PP | 13.9 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 8.7 | 1 | 8.1 | 1 | 8.4 | 1 | 6.9 | 11.2 | 1 | 12.3 | 1 | 4.7 | 1.9 | |||||||||||
| PCP/APU/CDU | 16.1 | 2 | 21.7 | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 3 | 16.4 | 2 | 12.6 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 10.1 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | 9.2 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 7.6 | 1 | 5.4 | |
| AD | 41.0 | 6 | 42.1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRD | 23.8 | 3 | 7.3 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BE | 2.0 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 1 | 5.8 | 10.8 | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PàF | 35.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHEGA | 2.0 | 10.9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total seats | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archeology
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal.
The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal.[1][2][3][4]
See also
- Arripiado, a village in the district of Santarém
- 1909 Benavente earthquake, a deadly seismic event centered in the district