Sesimbra

Sesimbra is a fishing town and municipality on 's . It has several popular beaches due to its location on Setúbal Bay at the mouth of the River Sado.
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  • Type: Town with 4,030 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: “Sesimbra Municipality”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortress of Saint James of Sesimbra and Castle of Sesimbra.

Protected area
Photo: Sacavem, Public domain.
The is a fortress located in the parish of Santiago in the coastal town and municipality of Sesimbra, in the of .

Castle
Photo: Sacavem, Public domain.
The , also known as Castle of the Moors, is a castle located in the town of Sesimbra, in the of . It was classified as a National Monument on 16 June 1910.

Protected area
Photo: Sacavem, Public domain.
The is a coastal fort located in a dominant position at the extreme west of the Bay of Sesimbra in the of . It was built between 1648 and 1652.

Sesimbra

Latitude
38.4437° or 38° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
-9.0996° or 9° 5′ 59″ west
Population
4,030
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
8CCGCWV2+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1750333914
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8010624
Wiki­data ID
Q1006408
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Waray—“Sesimbra” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սեզիմբրա”
  • Basque: “Sesimbra”
  • Catalan: “Sesimbra”
  • Cebuano: “Sesimbra”
  • Chechen: “Сезимбра”
  • Chinese: “Sesimbra”
  • Chinese: “塞新布拉”
  • Chinese: “塞辛布拉”
  • Dutch: “Sesimbra”
  • Esperanto: “Sesimbra”
  • Finnish: “Sesimbra”
  • French: “Sesimbra”
  • Galician: “Sesimbra”
  • German: “Sesimbra”
  • Greek: “Σεσίμπρα”
  • Hungarian: “Sesimbra község”
  • Hungarian: “Sesimbra”
  • Irish: “Sesimbra”
  • Italian: “Sesimbra”
  • Japanese: “セジンブラ”
  • Korean: “세짐브라”
  • Lithuanian: “Sezimbra”
  • Lombard: “Sesimbra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sesimbra”
  • Malay: “Sesimbra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sesimbra”
  • Mirandese: “Sesimbra”
  • Moksha: “Сэзимбра”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sesimbra”
  • Novial: “Sesimbra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sesimbra”
  • Persian: “سسیمبرا”
  • Polish: “Sesimbra”
  • Portuguese: “Concelho de Sesimbra”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Sesimbra”
  • Portuguese: “Sesimbra”
  • Romanian: “Sesimbra”
  • Russian: “Сезимбра”
  • Scots: “Sesimbra Municipality”
  • Spanish: “Sesimbra”
  • Swahili: “Sesimbra”
  • Swedish: “Sesimbra”
  • Tatar: “Сезимбра”
  • Turkish: “Sesimbra”
  • Ukrainian: “Сезімбра”
  • Urdu: “سیسیمبرا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sesimbra”
  • Volapük: “Sesimbra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sesimbra”
  • “Sesimbra”

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