Campo de Ourique explained

Type:	parish
Official Name:	Campo de Ourique
Image Location:	Campo de Ourique (Lisboa) localização.svg
Region:	Lisbon
Metro:	Lisbon
District:	Lisbon
Municipality:	Lisbon
Coordinates:	38.715°N -9.167°W
Area Total:	1.65
Population As Of:	2011
Population Total:	22120

Campo de Ourique (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Camp de Ourique is located in the historic center of Lisbon, east of Alcântara, north of Estrela, west of Santo António, and south of Campolide. The population in 2011 was 22,120.^[1]

History

The friguesia was created during the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Santo Condestável and Santa Isabel.^[2]

Currently, the priest responsible for the parish is Father José Manuel Pereira de Almeida.

Notable people

• Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese writer, his apartment is now a museum
• Luís de Sttau Monteiro, Portuguese writer
• Jorge Costa Pinto
• Jorge Borges de Macedo
• Rão Kyao
• João Afonso
• Manuel João Vieira
• João D'Ávila
• Fernanda Lapa
• Fernanda Borsatti
• Miguel Simões
• João Peste
• São José Lapa
• Jorge Silva Melo
• José Nascimento
• Jorge Martins
• Artur Varatojo
• Manuel Costa Cabral
• Luís Varatojo
• Guida Maria
• Judith Teixeira

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. pdf.