Geography
Although small, Almada is densely populated, and limited to the east by Seixal, south by Sesimbra, and bordered on the remaining cardinal directions by the Atlantic Ocean and the Tagus river. At Cacilhas, the main port, ferry boats transport visitors and local residents across to Lisbon daily, while the 25 de Abril Bridge which spans the Tagus is routinely traversed by rail, commercial and personal vehicles daily; Almada is considered a transportation hub and a fast-growing suburb. Almada's coasts are punctuated by several sandy beaches and panoramic vistas.
Located in the old district of Setúbal, the municipality includes two cities (Almada and Costa da Caparica), and is divided into eleven civil parishes:
- Almada
- Cacilhas
- Caparica
- Charneca da Caparica
- Costa da Caparica
- Cova da Piedade
- Feijó
- Laranjeiro
- Pragal
- Sobreda
- Trafaria
The city of Almada is the municipal seat, that includes six parishes within the city limits: Almada, Cacilhas, Cova da Piedade, Feijo, Laranjeiro, Pragal.
Read more about this topic: Almada Municipality
Famous quotes containing the word geography:
“Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay, you think paltry places, and the ear loves names of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; and, if we tarry a little, we may come to learn that here is best. See to it, only, that thyself is here;—and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not absent from the chamber where thou sittest.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The totality of our so-called knowledge or beliefs, from the most casual matters of geography and history to the profoundest laws of atomic physics or even of pure mathematics and logic, is a man-made fabric which impinges on experience only along the edges. Or, to change the figure, total science is like a field of force whose boundary conditions are experience.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)
“Ktaadn, near which we were to pass the next day, is said to mean “Highest Land.” So much geography is there in their names.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)