Santarém District

Coordinates: 39°14′N 8°41′W / 39.233°N 8.683°W

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District of Santarém
District
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Country	Portugal
Region	Centro and Alentejo
Historical province	Ribatejo (partly Beira Baixa and Beira Litoral)
No. of municipalities	21
No. of parishes	193
Capital	Santarém
Area
• Total	6,747 km² (2,605 sq mi)
Population
• Total	475,344
• Density	70/km² (180/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	PT-14
No. of parliamentary representatives	9

The District of Santarém (Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j] ^ⓘ) 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 6,747 km² (2,605 sq mi), and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 70 people per sq. kilometer (180 people per sq. mile).

Municipalities

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The district includes the following 21 municipalities.

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

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Summary of election results from Santarém district, 1976–2022
Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Parties	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011		2015		2019		2022
PS	38.4	6	27.3	3	30.4	4	38.4	5	18.6	2	21.7	3	29.4	3	45.8	5	45.5	5	38.4	4	46.1	6	33.7	4	25.9	3	32.9	3	37.1	4	41.2	5
PSD	19.5	3	In AD				24.7	3	27.8	4	47.9	7	49.1	6	31.0	3	30.2	3	38.1	4	26.4	3	27.0	3	37.6	5	In PàF		25.2	3	26.9	3
CDS-PP	13.9	2	In AD				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	In PàF		4.7		1.9
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
AD			41.0	6	42.1	6
PRD									23.8	3	7.3	1	1.0
BE																	2.0		2.8		6.5		11.8	1	5.8		10.8	1	10.2	1	4.6
PàF																											35.8	4
CHEGA																													2.0		10.9	1
Total seats	13		12										10														9
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Archeology

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the Aroeira 3 skull of a 400,000 year old Homo Heidelbergensis,
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal.

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]

References

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^ Phys Org, March 13, 2017, 400,000-year-old fossil human cranium is oldest ever found in Portugal
^ Joan Daura et al.: New Middle Pleistocene hominin cranium from Gruta da Aroeira (Portugal). In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Online pre-release of 13 March 2017.
^ The primitive man from Portugal, Article from 16 March 2017 des Hamburger Abendblatt, accessed on March 22, 2017
^ Crânio de 400 mil anos é o fóssil humano mais antigo descoberto em Portugal 400,000 year old skull found the oldest human fossil in Portugal, Article from 13. March 2017 he Portuguese newspaper Público, accessed on March 22, 2017

v t e Municipalities of Santarém District
Abrantes Alcanena Almeirim Alpiarça Benavente Cartaxo Chamusca Constância Coruche Entroncamento Ferreira do Zêzere Golegã Mação Ourém Rio Maior Salvaterra de Magos Santarém Sardoal Tomar Torres Novas Vila Nova da Barquinha

v t e Districts and Autonomous Regions of Portugal
Districts	Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo Branco Coimbra Évora Faro Guarda Leiria Lisboa Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana do Castelo Vila Real Viseu
Autonomous Regions	Azores Madeira

39°14′N 8°41′W / 39.233°N 8.683°W / 39.233; -8.683

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Municipalities

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

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