Barxas
The Barxas, Trancoso or Troncoso is a river in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, a left-bank tributary of the Minho. It is an international river as it conforms along most of its lower course the Portugal–Spain border, separating the Portuguese municipality of Melgaço from the Spanish municipality of Padrenda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river
- Also known as: “Arroyo Barjas”, “El Barxa”, “El Barxas”, “Río Barja”, and “Río Barjas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include A Frieira and A Frieira Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cevide and A Frieira (settlement).
Cevide
Hamlet
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Cevide is a small village known for being the northernmost place in Portugal. It is in the district of Viana do Castelo and sub-region of Minho-Lima in the parish of Cristoval in Melgaço, near the river Minho.
Cristoval
Village
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Cristoval is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Melgaço. The population in 2011 was 528, in an area of 5.56 km2. In this parish lies the small village of Cevide, the northernmost place in Portugal.
Barxas
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Barxas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rio Trancoso (suba sa Portugal)”
- Cebuano: “Rio Trancoso”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باركساس”
- Galician: “Río Troncoso”
- Portuguese: “Rio Trancoso”
- Spanish: “Barjas”
- Spanish: “Barxas”
- Spanish: “río Barjas”
- Spanish: “río Barxas”
- Spanish: “río Trancoso”
- Spanish: “río Troncoso”
- Spanish: “Río Troncoso”
- Spanish: “Trancoso”
- “Trancoso”
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