Canelas is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 community in Arouca

Arouca

-Portugal:* Arouca Municipality, a municipality in the district of Aveiro* Arouca , a civil parish in the municipality of Arouca-Trinidad and Tobago:* Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago, a town in Regional Corporation of Tunapuna-Piarco...

, with 20.89 km² of area and 864 inhabitants as of 2001. The population density is 41.4 inhabitants/km².

Canelas has been part of Arouca since 1843. Before this, it was part of the community of Alvarenga

Alvarenga

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. It includes Gamarão de Baixo, Gamarão de Cima, Mealha, Vilarinho, Estreitinha, Canelas de Baixo, and Canelas de Cima.

External links

• official website