Portugal
Braga District
Guimarães

Barco

Barco is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the of . The population in 2021 was 1,439, in an area of 3.02 km2.
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  • Type: Village with 1,510 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Guimarães
  • Also known as: “Barco, Guimarães” and “Freguesia de Barco”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Citânia de Sabroso and Citânia de Briteiros.

Archaeological site
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Nature reserve
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The is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in the civil parish of Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia in the municipality of ; important for its size, "urban" form and developed architecture, it is one of the more excavated sites in northwestern . is situated 3½ km north of Barco.

Museum
Photo: Nunogand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caldas das Taipas and Azurém.

Town
Photo: PePeEfe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caldelas is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of . With an area of 2.69 km² and 6304 inhabitants. Its population density is 2 343.5 hab./km².

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the of . The population in 2021 was 9,090, in an area of 2.9 km2. One of the campus of the University of Minho if located here. is situated 5 km southeast of Barco.

Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of Barco.

Barco

Latitude
41.4977° or 41° 29′ 52″ north
Longitude
-8.3254° or 8° 19′ 32″ west
Population
1,510
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
8CHHFMXF+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3120729681
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8011175
Wiki­data ID
Q607236
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Barco” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Barco”
  • Cebuano: “Barco”
  • Chechen: “Барку”
  • Chinese: “Barco”
  • Chinese: “巴科 (吉马良斯)”
  • Chinese: “巴科”
  • Dutch: “Barco (Guimaraes)”
  • Dutch: “Barco”
  • French: “Freguesia de Barco”
  • German: “Barco”
  • German: “Freguesia de Barco”
  • Italian: “Freguesia de Barco”
  • Kazakh: “Барку”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Barco”
  • Portuguese: “Barco (freguesia)”
  • Portuguese: “Barco (Guimarães)”
  • Portuguese: “Barco”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Barco”
  • Russian: “Барку”
  • Spanish: “Barco”
  • Spanish: “Freguesia de Barco”
  • Tatar: “Барку”
  • Turkish: “Barco (Guimaraes)”
  • Turkish: “Barco (Guimarães)”
  • Turkish: “Barco”
  • Ukrainian: “Барку”
  • “Freguesia de Barco”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Campo de São Claúdio de Barco and Parque de Lazer de São Cláudio de Barco.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barco”. Photo: Manuel Rocha, CC BY-SA 3.0.