Monção Municipality

Monção is a town and municipality in the Alto Minho subregion of Portugal. It is situated on the southern bank of the , which serves as the natural border between Portugal and Spain.
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  • Type: Town with 4,690 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: “Moncao”, “Monção”, “Moncao (Portugal)”, “Monsão”, “Monzón”, “Município de Monção”, and “Vila de Monção”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Salvaterra Castle and Salvaterra Station.

Castle
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Railway station
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is a railway station.

Town hall
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salvaterra de Miño and Troviscoso.

Town
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is a town and municipality in , .

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Monção Municipality.

Monção Municipality

Latitude
42.0787° or 42° 4′ 43″ north
Longitude
-8.4814° or 8° 28′ 53″ west
Population
4,690
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
8CJH3GH9+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25278430
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8010630
Wiki­data ID
Q425738
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In Other Languages

From Bishnupriya to Waray—“Monção Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Bishnupriya: “মোনকয়াও”
  • Catalan: “Monção”
  • Cebuano: “Monção”
  • Chechen: “Монсан”
  • Chinese: “蒙桑”
  • Dutch: “Monção”
  • Esperanto: “Monção”
  • French: “Monção”
  • Galician: “Monção”
  • German: “Monção”
  • Irish: “Monção”
  • Italian: “Monção”
  • Japanese: “モンサン”
  • Lombard: “Monção (Portogall)”
  • Lombard: “Monção”
  • Luxembourgish: “Monção”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Monção”
  • Mirandese: “Monção”
  • Mirandese: “Monçon (Pertual)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monção”
  • Polish: “Monção”
  • Portuguese: “Monção”
  • Russian: “Монсан”
  • Spanish: “Monção”
  • Tatar: “Монсан”
  • Turkish: “Monção”
  • Ukrainian: “Монсан”
  • Vietnamese: “Monção, Bồ Đào Nha”
  • Vietnamese: “Monção”
  • Volapük: “Monção”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monção”
  • “Monção”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Morraceira and Real.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Museu do Alvarinho and Casa do Curro.

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