Caparica is a former civil parish in the municipality ( concelho ) of Almada , Lisbon metropolitan area , Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged with the civil parish of Trafaria into the new parish Caparica e Trafaria . The population in 2011 was 20,454, in an area of 11.02 km.
3-663: Caparica is situated on the Setúbal Peninsula , south of the Tagus River. On the opposite bank of the Tagus lies Belém , a civil parish of Lisbon. Caparica lies west of the central part of Almada Municipality and west of the 25 de Abril Bridge . The name Caparica is probably derived from the Latin word capparis , which means caper . Caparica may have been founded during the Roman conquest of
6-660: Is named after one of its larger cities, Setúbal , and is bordered by three bodies of water, the Atlantic Ocean in the west and southwest, the Tagus Estuary to the north and the Sado Estuary to the southeast. The region can be divided into two different orographic zones: the mountainous southwest, formed by the Arrábida mountain range, cut by valleys and hills, with altitudes between 100 and 500 m (330 and 1,640 ft), and
9-539: The Iberian Peninsula . It became a parish in 1472, and it became a town on September 27, 1985. The parish of Caparica includes the following localities: This Setúbal location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Set%C3%BAbal Peninsula The Setúbal Peninsula ( Portuguese : Península de Setúbal ) is a peninsula in the Lisbon Region of Portugal . The peninsula
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