Amadora

Amadora (ɐmɐˈðoɾɐ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The city and municipality has 175,872 people in eleven freguesias (parishes). It has an area of 23.77 square kilometres. It is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal.

Amadora
Municipality
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Coordinates: 38°44′N 9°14′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Lisboa
Metropolitan area	Lisbon
District	Lisbon
Parishes	6
Government
• President	Carla Tavares (PS)
Area
• Total	23.78 km2 (9.18 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	171,719
• Density	7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-amadora.pt

It is a suburb of Lisbon, and both cities share the same subway, bus and train network. It is a residential city, and the landscape includes apartments, parks and industrial areas. Amadora also has immigrants from Angola, Cape Verde and Brazil.

Each year, Amadora organizes the Amadora International Comics Festival.

Parishes

• Alfornelos
• Alfragide
• Brandoa
• Buraca
• Damaia
• Falagueira
• Mina
• Reboleira
• São Brás
• Venda Nova
• Venteira

Other websites

• Câmara Municipal da Amadora - official municipal Web site
• Amadora International Comics Festival Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine - official festival Web site
• Latest photos and urban developments of Amadora.