Póvoa de Lanhoso (ˈpɔvuɐ ðɨ lɐˈɲozu, locally: ˈpɔβuɐ ðɨ lɐˈɲozu) is a municipality in Portugal

Portugal

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 with a total area of 132.5 km² and a total population of 23,657 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 29 parishes, and is located in the district of Braga

Braga (district)

The district of Braga is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, and Porto in the south...

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The present Mayor is Manuel Soares Baptista, elected by the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...

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The municipal holiday is March 19.

Parishes

• Águas Santas
• Ajude
• Brunhais
• Calvos
• Campos
• Covelas
• Esperança
• Ferreiros
• Fontarcada
  Fontarcada
  Fontarcada or Fonte Arcada is a parish in Portugal, in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso. It is 5.6 km² and had 1,083 inhabitants in 1801 and 1,362 inhabitants in 2001 . It was the birthplace of Maria da Fonte, leader of the Revolution of Maria da Fonte...
  
  
• Frades
• Friande
• Galegos
• Garfe
• Geraz do Minho
• Lanhoso
• Louredo
• Monsul
• Moure
• Oliveira
• Póvoa de Lanhoso
• Rendufinho
• Santo Emilião
• São João de Rei
• Serzedelo
• Sobradelo da Goma
• Taíde
• Travassos
• Verim
• Vilela

External links

• Municipality official website
• Photos from Póvoa de Lanhoso