Caminha

Caminha
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°50′N 8°50′W / 41.833°N 8.833°W / 41.833; -8.833
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Alto Minho
District	Viana do Castelo
Parishes	14
Government
• President	Miguel Alves (PS)
Area
• Total	136.52 km2 (52.71 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	16,684
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-caminha.pt

Caminha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈmiɲɐ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, located in the Viana do Castelo District. The population in 2011 was 16,684,^[1] in an area of 136.52 km².^[2]

Caminha is subdivided into 14 civil parishes. The parish Vilar de Mouros is well known for the oldest rock festival in Portugal. The seat of the municipality is the town (or vila in Portuguese) of Caminha, with 2,500 inhabitants.

The town is on the coastal part of the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago.

The present Mayor is Luís Miguel da Silva Mendonça Alves. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.