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Braga District

Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality

Póvoa de Lanhoso, officially Town of Póvoa de Lanhoso, is a town and municipality in the district of Braga in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,886, in an area of 134.65 km².
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  • Type: Town with 21,900 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: “Póvoa”, “Povoa de Lanhoso”, and “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calvos Oak and Estação lusitano-romana de Póvoa do Lanhoso.

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a European oak located in the parish of Calvos, in Póvoa de Lanhoso, . It is estimated to be about 510 years old, as of 2015 it stands 30 m tall and had a diameter at breast height of 7.62 m with a canopy diameter of 37 m.

Archaeological site
Photo: Nmmacedo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an archaeological site.

Church
Photo: Manuel Anastácio, CC BY 3.0.
The or Matriz de Fontarcada was a Romanesque monastic church to a Benedictine monastery founded in 1067, now the parish .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taíde and Lanhoso.

Village
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is a Freguesia in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso. It has an area of 7.34 km² and 1,613 inhabitants. is situated 4 km southeast of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality.

Village
is a Freguesia in the Municipality of Póvoa de , it has an area of 6.47 km2 and 742 inhabitants.

Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Freguesia in the Municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, with an area of 2.50 km² and 543 inhabitants.

Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality

Latitude
41.576° or 41° 34′ 33″ north
Longitude
-8.27° or 8° 16′ 12″ west
Population
21,900
Elevation
319 metres (1,047 feet)
Open location code
8CHHHPGJ+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2042680132
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8010454
Wiki­data ID
Q551689
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Povoa de Lanhoso”
  • Basque: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Catalan: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Cebuano: “Póvoa de Lanhoso (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Chechen: “Повуа-ди-Ланьозу”
  • Chinese: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Chinese: “波瓦迪拉尼奧蘇”
  • Dutch: “Povoa de Lanhoso”
  • Dutch: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Esperanto: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Finnish: “Povoa de Lanhoso”
  • Finnish: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • French: “Povoa de Lanhoso”
  • French: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Galician: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • German: “Povoa de Lanhoso”
  • German: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Irish: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Italian: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Lombard: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Malay: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Mirandese: “Póboa de Lhanhoso”
  • Mirandese: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Norwegian: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Polish: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Portuguese: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Portuguese: “Póvoa do lanhoso”
  • Russian: “Повуа-де-Ланьозу”
  • Russian: “Повуа-ди-Ланьозу”
  • Spanish: “Povoa de Lanhoso”
  • Spanish: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Swedish: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Tatar: “Повуа-ди-Ланьозу”
  • Tumbuka: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Turkish: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Ukrainian: “Повуа-де-Ланьозу”
  • Ukrainian: “Повуа-ді-Ланьозу”
  • Vietnamese: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Volapük: “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Póvoa de Lanhoso”
  • “Póvoa de Lanhoso”

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