Iberia
Portugal
Viana do Castelo District

Caminha

Caminha is a town facing the estuary of and close to the Atlantic Ocean in . The town is on the coastal section of the Portuguese Way. It is a popular place for second homes and as a summer resort.
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  • Type: Town with 16,700 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: “Caminha Municipality” and “Caminho”
  • Neighbors: and
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Caminha railway station and Igreja Matriz de Caminha.

Railway station
Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: João Sousa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

Heritage site
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a heritage site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include A Pasaxe and A Guarda.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Town
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town, which is situated 4 km northwest of Caminha.

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of Caminha, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 753, in an area of 10.38 km2. Located on the banks of the , 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal - the Festival. is situated 4 km east of Caminha.

Caminha

Latitude
41.8758° or 41° 52′ 33″ north
Longitude
-8.8388° or 8° 50′ 20″ west
Population
16,700
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT CAM
Open location code
8CHHV5G6+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25278425
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2741672
Wiki­data ID
Q1029544
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Caminha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كامينيا”
  • Arabic: “كَمِنيا”
  • Bulgarian: “Каминя”
  • Catalan: “Caminha”
  • Cebuano: “Caminha (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Caminha”
  • Chechen: “Каминья”
  • Chinese: “Caminha”
  • Chinese: “卡米尼亚”
  • Chinese: “卡米尼亞”
  • Danish: “Caminha”
  • Dutch: “Caminha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كامينيا”
  • Esperanto: “Caminha”
  • French: “Caminha”
  • Galician: “Caminha”
  • German: “Caminha”
  • Hebrew: “קמינהא”
  • Irish: “Caminha”
  • Italian: “Caminha”
  • Japanese: “カミーニャ”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaminja”
  • Lombard: “Caminha”
  • Luxembourgish: “Caminha”
  • Malay: “Caminha”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Caminha”
  • Mirandese: “Camina”
  • Mirandese: “Caminha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Caminha”
  • Polish: “Caminha”
  • Portuguese: “Caminha”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Caminha”
  • Romanian: “Caminha”
  • Romansh: “Camiña”
  • Romansh: “Caminha”
  • Russian: “Каминья”
  • Slovenian: “Caminha”
  • Spanish: “Camina (Portugal)”
  • Spanish: “Camiña (Portugal)”
  • Spanish: “Camiña”
  • Spanish: “Caminha”
  • Tatar: “Каминья”
  • Turkish: “Caminha”
  • Ukrainian: “Камінья”
  • Ukrainian: “Каміня”
  • Vietnamese: “Caminha (đô thị)”
  • Vietnamese: “Caminha”
  • Volapük: “Caminha”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Caminha”
  • “Caminha”

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