Tarouca
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| Country | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Douro |
| District | Viseu |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Government | |
| • President | Mário Ferreira (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.08 km2 (38.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,046 |
| • Density | 80.40/km2 (208.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
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Tarouca (European Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐˈɾokɐ] Audio file "Pt-pt Tarouca FF.ogg" not found) is a municipality and a city in Viseu District in Norte Region and Douro Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,046,[1] in an area of 100.08 km2.[2]
The city of Tarouca proper has about 3,400 residents; it was promoted to city in December 2004. The present mayor is Mário Caetano Teixeira Ferreira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 29.
Parishes
[edit | edit source]Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Gouviães e Ucanha
- Granja Nova
- Mondim da Beira
- Salzedas
- São João de Tarouca
- Tarouca e Dálvares
- Várzea da Serra
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858 in Ucanha, Tarouca – 1941) a Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author who wrote extensively on Portuguese philology and prehistory.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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External links
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