Côa River
The Côa River is a tributary of the Douro River, in central and northeastern Portugal. It is one of the few Portuguese rivers that flows south to north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Also known as: “Côa” and “Coa River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Coa halt and Côa Museum.
Coa halt
Railway station
Photo: Adriao, Public domain.
The Coa halt, is a closed interface of the Douro line, which used to serve the town of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Guarda District, in Portugal. The halt started operating on 5 May 1887, and was closed in 2 October 1988.
Pelourinho de Foz Côa
Photo: Turismo En Portugal, CC BY 2.0.
Pelourinho de Foz Côa is situated 2½ km west of Côa River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Nova de Foz Côa and Pocinho.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.
Pocinho
Hamlet
Photo: André Marques, CC BY 2.0.
Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line, so the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887. Pocinho is situated 6 km north of Côa River.
Urrós
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Urrós is a former parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, with an area of 57.43 km2 and 265 inhabitants. Urrós is situated 7 km east of Côa River.
Côa River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Guarda District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Côa River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Côa”
- Breton: “Coa”
- Catalan: “Riu Coa”
- Dutch: “Côa River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوا”
- French: “Côa”
- German: “Côa”
- Hungarian: “Côa”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Côa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Côa”
- Italian: “Côa”
- Japanese: “コア川”
- Lithuanian: “Koa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Côa”
- Polish: “Côa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Coa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Côa”
- Russian: “Коа (река)”
- Russian: “Коа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Coa (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Coa”
- Spanish: “Coa”
- Spanish: “Côa”
- Spanish: “Río Coa”
- Swedish: “Coafloden”
- Turkish: “Côa Nehri”
- Venetian: “Fiume Côa”
- Welsh: “Afon Côa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Urgal and Vila Nova de Foz Côa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museu e Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa and Praça do Município.
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