Ribatejo
Ribatejo is a region of Portugal. It is the country's most central province, with neither an Atlantic coast nor a border with Spain. Ribatejo lies along the River Tagus Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Santarém and Tomar.
Santarém
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Santarém is a city in the Ribatejo region of Portugal. Many of the city's churches are classified as national monuments.
Tomar
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Tomar is a city of 41,000 people in Ribatejo, Portugal. Tomar is one of Portugal's historical jewels and, more significantly, was the last Templar town to be commissioned for construction.
Abrantes
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Abrantes is a municipality in the central Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population as of 2011 was 39,325, in an area of 714.69 square kilometres.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Vila Franca de Xira and Torres Novas.
Vila Franca de Xira
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Vila Franca de Xira, officially the City of Vila Franca de Xira, is a city and municipality in the Lisbon District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 137,659, in an area of 318.19 km2.
Torres Novas
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Torres Novas is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717, in an area that encompasses 270 square kilometres.
Rio Maior
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Rio Maior is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km². The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party, the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality.
Entroncamento
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Entroncamento is a city and municipality in Ribatejo, Portugal. Although not a major tourist destination, it has one of the country's most important railway junctions.
Cartaxo
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Cartaxo is a city and municipality in Ribatejo, Portugal. The municipality calls itself Capital do Vinho, "Capital of Wine".
Coruche
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Coruche is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,944, in an area of 1115.72 km². The present Mayor is Francisco Silvestre de Oliveira, elected by the Socialist Party.
Ribatejo
- Type: Region with 559,000 residents
- Description: former province of Portugal
- Also known as: “Província do Ribatejo” and “Ribatejo Province”
- Categories: former Portuguese province and locality
- Location: Tagus Valley, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude of center
39.2028° or 39° 12′ 10″ northLongitude of center
-8.4713° or 8° 28′ 17″ westPopulation
559,000Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 13087751401OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Ukrainian—“Ribatejo” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Ribatejo”
- Catalan: “Ribatejo”
- Chinese: “里巴特茹”
- Chinese: “里巴特茹省”
- Czech: “Ribatejo”
- Dutch: “Ribatejo”
- Esperanto: “Ribatejo”
- Finnish: “Ribatejo”
- French: “Ribatejo”
- Galician: “Ribatejo”
- Galician: “Ribatexo”
- Georgian: “რიბატეჟუ”
- German: “Ribatejo”
- Hungarian: “Ribatejo”
- Ido: “Ribatejo”
- Indonesian: “Ribatejo”
- Italian: “Ribatejo”
- Japanese: “リバテージュ”
- Korean: “히바테주주”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ribatejo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ribatejo”
- Polish: “Ribatejo”
- Portuguese: “Ribatejo”
- Russian: “Рибатежу”
- Spanish: “Ribatejo”
- Swedish: “Ribatejo”
- Ukrainian: “Рібатежу”
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