Alcântara

Alcântara is a freguesia and of , the capital of Portugal. Located in western Lisbon, Alcântara is to the east of and Belém and west of Estrela and . Alcântara had a population in 2011 of 13,943.
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  • Village with about 13,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (280 feet)
  • …is also known as “Alcântara, Lisbon”
  • Description: civil parish in Lisboa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Monument to the Discoveries.
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The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery…
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The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the…
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, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almada and Belém.
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is a city of 174,000 people on the…
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is a district in , .
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is a district in , .

Alcântara

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Latitude
38.7039° or 38° 42′ 14″ north
Longitude
-9.1824° or 9° 10′ 57″ west
Open location code
8CCGPR39+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5655032101
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8012461
Wiki­data ID
Q1017927

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Alcântara” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Alcântara”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkantara”
  • Belarusian: “Алкантара”
  • Catalan: “Alcântara”
  • Cebuano: “Alcântara (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Alcântara”
  • Chechen: “Алкантара”
  • Chinese: “阿尔坎塔拉”
  • Chinese: “阿爾坎塔拉”
  • Czech: “Alcântara”
  • Danish: “Alcântara”
  • Dutch: “Alcântara”
  • French: “Alcântara”
  • Galician: “Alcântara, Lisboa”
  • Galician: “Alcântara”
  • Georgian: “ალკანტარა”
  • German: “Alcântara”
  • Italian: “Alcântara”
  • Kazakh: “Alkantara”
  • Kazakh: “Алкантара”
  • Kazakh: “الكانتارا”
  • Latin: “Alcântara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alcântara”
  • Polish: “Alcântara”
  • Portuguese: “Alcântara”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro de Alcântara”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Alcântara”
  • Russian: “Алкантара”
  • Slovenian: “Alcântara”
  • Spanish: “Alcantara Lisboa”
  • Spanish: “Alcântara”
  • Swedish: “Alcântara”
  • Tatar: “Алкантара”
  • Turkish: “Alcântara”
  • Ukrainian: “Алкантара”

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