Santiago do Cacém explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	Santiago do Cacém
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	38.0167°N -50°W
Region:	Alentejo
Cim:	Alentejo Litoral
District:	Setúbal
Leader Party:	CDU
Leader Name:	Vítor Proença
Area Total Km2:	1059.69
Population Total:	29,749
Population As Of:	2011
Parishes:	8
Holiday:	Saint James July 25

Santiago do Cacém (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 29,749,^[1] in an area of 1059.69 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Álvaro Beijinha, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is July 25.

Places of interest

• Harmonia Society
• Park Rio da Figueira
• Miróbriga Ruins
• Castelo de Santiago do Cacém
• Santiago do Cacém Railway Station

Parishes

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

• Abela
• Alvalade
• Cercal do Alentejo
• Ermidas-Sado
• Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra
• Santo André
• São Domingos e Vale de Água
• São Francisco da Serra

International relations

See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal. Santiago do Cacém is twinned with:

• Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Notable people

• Martim Soares Moreno (ca.1586 in Santiago do Cacém - ca.1648) an explorer in the colony of Brazil
• Manuel da Fonseca (1911 in Santiago do Cacém – 1993) a Portuguese writer
• Silvino Soares (born 1978 in Santiago do Cacém) a Cape Verdean footballer.
• Alberto Louzeiro (born 1982 in Santiago do Cacém) a Portuguese footballer with over 250 club caps
• Aurea Sousa (born 1987 in Santiago do Cacém) known as Aurea, a soul, blues, pop, reggae and R&B singer

External links

• Town Hall official website
• Photos from Santiago do Cacém

Notes and References

1. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 108-109. 30 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.