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Tábua

Coordinates: 40°21′37″N 8°01′45″W / 40.36028°N 8.02917°W / 40.36028; -8.02917
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Tábua
Flag of Tábua
Coat of arms of Tábua
Coordinates: 40°21′37″N 8°01′45″W / 40.36028°N 8.02917°W / 40.36028; -8.02917
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Coimbra
DistrictCoimbra
Parishes11
Area
 • Total199.79 km2 (77.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,071
 • Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.cm-tabua.pt

Tábua (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtaβu.ɐ] ) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071,[1] in an area of 199.79 km².[2]

Parishes

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Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

  • Ázere e Covelo
  • Candosa
  • Carapinha
  • Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha
  • Espariz e Sinde
  • Midões
  • Mouronho
  • Pinheiro de Coja e Meda de Mouros
  • Póvoa de Midões
  • São João da Boa Vista
  • Tábua

Notable people

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  • Sara Beirão (1880 in Tábua - 1974) a writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist.
  • António Castanheira Neves (born 1929 in Tábua) a Portuguese legal philosopher and academic
  • André Fontes (born 1985 in Tábua) a footballer with over 330 club caps

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 117" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.