Sabugal

Sabugal
Sabugal Castle
Flag of Sabugal
Coat of arms of Sabugal
Coordinates: 40°21′N 7°05′W / 40.350°N 7.083°W / 40.350; -7.083
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Beiras e Serra da Estrela
DistrictGuarda
Parishes30
Government
 • PresidentAntónio Robalo (PSD)
Area
 • Total822.70 km2 (317.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,544
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidayMonday after Octave of Easter
Websitehttp://www.cm-sabugal.pt

Sabugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐβuˈɣal] ) is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda, Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,544,[1] in an area of 822.70 km2.[2] The city proper, located along the Côa river, has a population of about 3,000 inhabitants. There is a castle in the city of Sabugal proper as well as other castles outside the urban centre in a number of places around the entire municipality of Sabugal. Those are the castles of Sortelha, Alfaiates, Vilar Maior and Vila do Touro. The municipal holiday is the Monday after Octave of Easter. It is also place for the Sabugal Dam built in 2000 and the river beach of Devesa, both located in the Côa river. At an elevation of roughly 750 m (2460 ft) above sea level, Sabugal is among the highest cities in Portugal.

  1. ^ "Database". Instituto Nacional de Estatística. 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

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