Costas de Cão is a locality in the parish of Caparica

Caparica (Almada)

Caparica is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Almada. It has a population of 19,327 inhabitants and a total area of 10.71 km². Its name of inhabitants are known as Caparicanos.-Name:...

 and the municipality of Almada

Almada

Almada is a municipality in Portugal, covering an area of 70.2 km² located on the southern margin of the Tagus River. Its municipal population in 2008 was 164,844 inhabitants; the urbanized center had a population of 102,357.The seat is the city of Almada....

. It is located between Torrinha, to Torre and has a small settlement named Cova (meaning cove).

Its origin of the name came from what it was also known as another form, the Costa de Cão. It proved its property of the local with another pertainance of the coast. It is situated near Dojo Murakami where the Karate-do Shotokai is performed (between other related activities with Far East

Far East

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ern culture), Murakami style. The Dojo serves the seat of CAO (Centro de Artes Orientais, Oriental Arts Centre)