Aboim (Amarante)
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Aboim is a municipality in northern Portugal .
On September 29, 2013, the municipalities Aboim, Chapa and Vila Garcia were merged to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa .
coat of arms
In gold, a single-arched black-walled bridge on which a red-armored green rooster stands. The blue shield base with the silver wave is separated by a wave cut . A three-tower wall crown rests on the shield . In the white band at the base of the shield, the place name in black letters "ABOIM - AMARANTE"
sons and daughters of the town
- Manuel Vieira Pinto (1923–2020), Archbishop of Nampula
Individual evidence
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Aboim (Amarante) at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Information about Aboim. amarante.pt, archived from the original on December 31, 2010 ; Retrieved June 11, 2011 (Portuguese).