| District of Santarém | |
| Native Name Lang: | pt |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Portugal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Centro and Alentejo |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historical province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ribatejo (partly Beira Baixa and Beira Litoral) |
| Subdivision Type3: | No. of municipalities |
| Subdivision Name3: | 21 |
| Subdivision Type4: | No. of parishes |
| Subdivision Name4: | 193 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Santarém |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 6,747 |
| Population Total: | 475,344 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Iso Code: | PT-14 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | No. of parliamentary representatives |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 9 |
The District of Santarém (Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's Centro Region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.
The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of 6747km2, and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 70 people per sq. kilometer (180 people per sq. mile).
The district includes the following 21 municipalities.
See main article: Santarém (Assembly of the Republic constituency). |- class="unsortable"!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 | 1976!colspan=2 | 1979!colspan=2 | 1980!colspan=2 | 1983!colspan=2 | 1985!colspan=2 | 1987!colspan=2 | 1991!colspan=2 | 1995!colspan=2 | 1999!colspan=2 | 2002!colspan=2 | 2005!colspan=2 | 2009!colspan=2 | 2011!colspan=2 | 2015!colspan=2 | 2019!colspan=2 | 2022|-| align="left"| PS || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|6 || 27.3 || 3 ||30.4 || 4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5 || 18.6 || 2 || 21.7 || 3 || 29.4 || 3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|46.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|6 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|33.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|4 || 25.9 || 3 || 32.9 || 3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|37.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|41.2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5|-| align="left"| PSD || 19.5 || 3 || colspan=4 rowspan=2 align=center| In AD || 24.7 || 3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|27.8 || style="background:#FF9900;"|4 || style="background:#FF9900;"|47.9 || style="background:#FF9900;"|7 || style="background:#FF9900;"|49.1 || style="background:#FF9900;"|6 || 31.0 || 3 || 30.2|| 3 || 38.1 || 4 || 26.4 || 3 || 27.0 || 3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|37.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|5 || colspan=2 rowspan=2 align=center| In PàF || 25.2 || 3 || 26.9 || 3|-| align="left"| CDS-PP || 13.9 || 2 || 10.0 || 1 || 7.7 || 1 || 3.6 || || 3.3 || || 8.7 || 1 || 8.1 || 1 || 8.4 || 1 || 6.9 || || 11.2 || 1 || 12.3 || 1 || 4.7 || || 1.9 || |-| align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU || 16.1 || 2 || 21.7|| 3 || 19.0 || 2 || 20.0 || 3 || 16.4 || 2 || 12.6 || 1 || 9.8 || 1 || 9.5 || 1 || 10.1 || 1 || 8.6 || 1 || 8.6 || 1 || 9.2 || 1 || 9.0 || 1 || 9.6 || 1 || 7.6 || 1 || 5.4 || |-| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|41.0 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|42.1 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|6 || colspan=26||-| align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 23.8 || 3 || 7.3 || 1 || 1.0 || || colspan=18||-| align="left"| BE || colspan=16| || 2.0 || || 2.8 || || 6.5 || || 11.8 || 1 || 5.8 || || 10.8 || 1 || 10.2 || 1 || 4.6 || |-| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|35.8 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|4 || colspan=4||-| align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || || 10.9 || 1|-! align="left"| Total seats || colspan=2|13 || colspan=10|12 || colspan=14|10 || colspan=6|9|-! colspan=33| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}
The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal.[1] [2] [3] [4]