Arroios Explained

Type:parish
Official Name:Arroios
Image Location:Arroios (Lisboa) localização.svg
Region:Lisbon
Metro:Lisbon
District:Lisbon
Municipality:Lisbon
Coordinates:38.729°N -9.138°W
Area Total:2.13
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:31653

Arroios (pronounced as /pt/) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Arroios is north of Santa Maria Maior and São Vicente, east of Santo António, south of Avenidas Novas and Areeiro, and west of Penha de França. The population in 2011 was 31,653.[1]

History

This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Anjos, Pena and São Jorge de Arroios.[2]

Landmarks

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
  2. Web site: List of the new parishes of Lisbon. Diário de Noticias newspaper. 27 October 2013. pt.