Abela
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| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alentejo Littoral | |||||
| District : | Setubal | |||||
| Concelho : | Santiago do Cacém | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 0 ′ N , 8 ° 34 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 890 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 137.68 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 6.5 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Abela is a Portuguese municipality in the district (concelho) Santiago do Cacém ( Setúbal district ) with 890 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) and an area of 137.7 km². In addition to Abela, the municipality consists of Cova do Gato, Outeiro do Lobo, Boticos and Foros do Barão.
The place is on the road between Santiago do Cacém and Ermidas-Sado . It is dominated by agriculture and has an old village center and its own church. There is an oil mill in the village that processes the olive harvest from the entire area.
The settlement of this area goes back to the Bronze Age and the Celts. Many objects of daily use and art from this period were found in the entire area around Abela and are now exhibited in the State Museum of Santiago do Cacém .
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Abela at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
