Caranguejeira
Caranguejeira is a civil parish in the municipality of Leiria, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,691, in an area of 30.99 km².| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abrigo do Lagar Velho.
Abrigo do Lagar Velho
Archaeological site
Photo: Nunorojordao, Public domain.
Lagar Velho is a rock shelter in the Lapedo valley, a limestone canyon 13 km from the centre of Leiria, in the municipality of Leiria, in central Portugal. Abrigo do Lagar Velho is situated 2½ km northwest of Caranguejeira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lapedo Valley and Espite.
Lapedo Valley
Locality
Photo: Nunorojordao, Public domain.
Lapedo Valley is a locality, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Caranguejeira.
Espite
Village
Espite is a civil parish in the municipality of Ourém, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,104, in an area of 18.96 km2. Espite is situated 6 km east of Caranguejeira.
Cortes
Village
Photo: Bapuji-Iskandar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cortes is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Caranguejeira.
Caranguejeira
- Type: Town with 548 residents
- Description: civil parish in Leiria
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal, third-level administrative division, and locality
- Location: Caranguejeira, Leiria, Leiria District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.74381° or 39° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
-8.70842° or 8° 42′ 30″ westPopulation
548Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)Inception
16th centuryUnited Nations Location Code
PT CLEOpen location code
8CFHP7VR+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 658948610OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2270211Wikidata ID
Q1035405
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Caranguejeira” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Caranguejeira”
- Cebuano: “Caranguejeira”
- Chechen: “Карангежейра”
- Chinese: “Caranguejeira”
- Dutch: “Caranguejeira”
- French: “Caranguejeira”
- German: “Caranguejeira”
- Hebrew: “קרנגז’יירה”
- Hebrew: “קרנגז’ירה”
- Irish: “Caranguejeira”
- Kazakh: “Карангежейра”
- Malay: “Caranguejeira”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Caranguejeira”
- Portuguese: “Caranguejeira”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Caranguejeira”
- Russian: “Карангежейра”
- Spanish: “Caranguejeira”
- Tatar: “Карангежейра”
- Turkish: “Caranguejeira”
- Turkish: “Carapito”
- “Caranguejeira”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praceta do Paço and Centro Pastoral e Cultural da Paróquia da Caranguejeira.
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