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Figueira da Foz, also known as Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal.[1]

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  1. 111 relations: A1 motorway (Portugal), A25 motorway (Portugal), A8 motorway (Portugal), Afonso Cruz, Alfa Pendular, Alhadas, Altri, Alves Barbosa, Angoche, Associação Naval 1º de Maio, Association football, Atlantic Ocean, Aveiro, Portugal, Baku, Beijing, BSWW Mundialito, Buarcos, Cabo Mondego, Cape Verde, Carlos Galvão de Melo, Casino, Castile and León, Catholic University of Portugal, Central Region, Portugal, Cimpor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Coimbra, Coimbra Airfield, Coimbra District, Crimea, Districts of Portugal, Ericeira, Esplanade, Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Ficus, First Lady of Portugal, France, Freguesia, Ginásio C.F. (basketball), Gironde, Gradignan, Hugo Almeida, Hurricane Leslie (2018), Iberian Peninsula, Independent politician, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Internacional University, João César Monteiro, João Mário Grilo, José Bento Pessoa, ... Expand index (61 more) »

  2. Municipalities of Coimbra District
  3. Populated coastal places in Portugal
  4. Populated places in Coimbra District
  5. Port cities and towns in Portugal
  6. Seaside resorts in Portugal

A1 motorway (Portugal)

The A 1—Autoestrada do Norte—is the biggest and the most important highway in Portugal.

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A25 motorway (Portugal)

The A25 (Portuguese: Autoestrada das Beiras Litoral e Alta) is a major motorway (freeway) in Portugal.

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A8 motorway (Portugal)

The A8, called in (Motorway of the West), is a motorway (freeway) in Portugal, connecting Lisbon and Leiria via Caldas da Rainha.

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Afonso Cruz

Afonso Cruz (1971), born in Figueira da Foz, is a portuguese multidisciplinary artist, author of more than 30 books, among novels, theatre plays, picture books, juvenile novellas, poetry, photo-text and essays.

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Alfa Pendular

Alfa Pendular is the name of the flagship Pendolino high-speed tilting train of Portuguese state railway company CP.

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Alhadas

Alhadas is a town in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

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Altri

Altri SGPS SA is a Portuguese industrial conglomerate headquartered in Porto.

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Alves Barbosa

António da Silva Alves Barbosa (24 December 1931 – 29 September 2018), commonly known as Alves Barbosa, was a Portuguese professional road cyclist.

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Angoche

Angoche is a district, city and municipality located in Nampula Province in north-eastern Mozambique.

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Associação Naval 1º de Maio

Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal. Figueira da Foz and Aveiro, Portugal are cities in Portugal and port cities and towns in Portugal.

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Baku

Baku (Bakı) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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BSWW Mundialito

The BSWW Mundialito, often simply known as Mundialito, is an annual international beach soccer tournament that takes place between few select countries, which are invited to play at the tournament organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

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Buarcos

Buarcos is a freguesia (civil parish) in Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal. Figueira da Foz and Buarcos are seaside resorts in Portugal.

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Cabo Mondego

Cabo Mondego is a cape located in central western Portugal bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

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Cape Verde

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.

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Carlos Galvão de Melo

Carlos Galvão de Melo (4 August 1921 – 20 March 2008) was a Portuguese military officer from the Portuguese Air Force.

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Casino

A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling.

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Castile and León

Castile and León is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.

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Catholic University of Portugal

The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, pronounced univɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ), also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run university with concordat status) headquartered in Lisbon and with four locations: Lisbon, Braga, Porto and Viseu.

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Central Region, Portugal

The Central Region (Região do Centro) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal.

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Cimpor

Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal is the largest Portuguese cement group, operating in eleven countries - Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey, Cape Verde, Mozambique, China, Egypt and South Africa, involved in manufacturing and marketing cement, hydraulic lime, concrete and aggregates, precast concrete and dry mortars.

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Ciudad Rodrigo

Ciudad Rodrigo is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population in 2016 of 12,896.

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Coimbra

Coimbra (also,, or) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. Figueira da Foz and Coimbra are cities in Portugal, Municipalities of Coimbra District and Populated places in Coimbra District.

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Coimbra Airfield

Bissaya Barreto Aerodrome (Aeródromo Municipal Bissaya Barreto),, is a recreational airfield in Antanhol, near Coimbra.

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Coimbra District

Coimbra District (Distrito de Coimbra, or) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal.

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Crimea

Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.

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Districts of Portugal

The Districts of Portugal (Distritos de Portugal) are the most important first-level administrative subdivisions of continental Portugal.

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Ericeira

Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside community on the western coast of Portugal (in Mafra municipality, located 35km northwest of the center of Lisbon, about 45km by road) considered the surfing capital of Europe. Figueira da Foz and Ericeira are Populated coastal places in Portugal.

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Esplanade

An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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First Lady of Portugal

First Lady of Portugal (Portuguese: primeira-dama) is the unofficial title attributed to the wife or Partner of the president of Portugal.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Freguesia

(), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution.

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Ginásio C.F. (basketball)

Ginásio C.F. is a professional basketball team based in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

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Gironde

Gironde (US usually,; Gironda) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France.

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Gradignan

Gradignan (Gradinhan) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

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Hugo Almeida

Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently assistant manager of Iranian club Sepahan.

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Hurricane Leslie (2018)

Hurricane Leslie (known as Storm Leslie or Cyclone Leslie while extratropical) was the strongest cyclone of tropical origin to strike the Iberian Peninsula since 1842.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera

The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (abbreviated as IPMA) is the national meteorological, seismic, sea and atmospheric organization of Portugal.

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Internacional University

International University (Universidade Internacional) or UI for short, was a Portuguese state-approved and an accredited private research university with facilities in Lisbon and Figueira da Foz, which had been founded in 1984.

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João César Monteiro

João César Monteiro Santos (2 February 1939, in Figueira da Foz – 3 February 2003, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic.

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João Mário Grilo

João Mário Lourenço Bagão Grilo (born 8 November 1958) is a Portuguese film director, author and professor, born in Figueira da Foz.

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José Bento Pessoa

José Bento Pessoa (7 March 1874, in Figueira da Foz – 7 July 1954, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese cyclist.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kiteboarding

Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface.

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Lavos (Figueira da Foz)

Lavos is a seaside parish in Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal.

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Leiria

Leiria is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. Figueira da Foz and Leiria are cities in Portugal.

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Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol

The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (Portuguese Basketball League), also known as Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal.

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Linha do Norte

Linha do Norte is the Portuguese main railway line that connects the two main Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto.

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Linha do Oeste

Linha do Oeste (Western Line) is a railway line serving the central western coast of Portugal belonging to Infraestruturas de Portugal network.

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Lisbon Airport

Humberto Delgado Airport, informally Lisbon Airport and previously Portela Airport, is an international airport located northeast of the city centre of Lisbon, Portugal.

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Luís Wittnich Carrisso

Luís Wittnich Carrisso (14 February 1886 – 14 June 1937) was a Portuguese botanist, professor at the University of Coimbra.

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Lucrécia de Arriaga

Lucrécia Augusta de Brito de Berredo Furtado de Melo Arriaga (13 November 1844 – 15 October 1927) was the wife of Manuel de Arriaga, the first President of the Portuguese Republic and was, thus, the first First Lady of Portugal from 1911 to 1915, when her husband resigned from the post.

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Manuel de Arriaga

Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue (8 July 1840 – 5 March 1917) was a Portuguese lawyer, the first attorney-general and the first elected president of the First Portuguese Republic, following the deposition of King Manuel II of Portugal and a Republican Provisional Government headed by Teófilo Braga (who would succeed him in the post following his resignation).

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Marco Mendes

Marco Mendes (born 1978) is a Portuguese artist and comic author.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).

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Mondego River

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Monte Real Air Base

Monte Real Air Base, officially designated as Air Force Base No.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.

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Nampula Province

Nampula is a province of northern Mozambique.

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Nazaré, Portugal

Nazaré is a Portuguese town and municipality located in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the Leiria District. Figueira da Foz and Nazaré, Portugal are seaside resorts in Portugal.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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New Bedford, Massachusetts

New Bedford (Massachusett) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Nuno Camarneiro

Nuno Camarneiro (born August 17, 1977), is a Portuguese novelist born in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

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Old Cathedral of Coimbra

The Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Sé Velha de Coimbra) is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal.

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Pedro Santana Lopes

Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current Mayor of Figueira da Foz.

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Peniche, Portugal

Peniche is a seaside municipality and a city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the Leiria District. Figueira da Foz and Peniche, Portugal are cities in Portugal, port cities and towns in Portugal and seaside resorts in Portugal.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

The Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra (IPC - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra) is a public polytechnic institute of higher education in Coimbra, Portugal.

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Porto Airport

Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport or simply Porto Airport (formerly Pedras Rubras Airport) is an international airport near Porto (Oporto), Portugal.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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The Portugal national football team (Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol) has represented Portugal in men's international football competitions since 1921.

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Portuguese Air Force

The Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) is the aerial warfare force of Portugal.

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Portuguese pavement

Portuguese pavement, known in Portuguese as calçada portuguesa or simply calçada (or pedra portuguesa in Brazil), is a traditional-style pavement used for many pedestrian areas in Portugal.

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Praia

Praia (Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.

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President of Portugal

The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic (Presidente da República Portuguesa), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal.

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Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, officially known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system.

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Private university

Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments.

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Região de Coimbra

The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Coimbra (English: Coimbra Region) is an administrative division in Portugal.

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Rita Camarneiro

Ana Rita Camarneiro Mendes (born 15 January 1988) is a Portuguese comedian and TV presenter.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.

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Rui Cordeiro

Rui Pedro Godinho Cordeiro (born 14 October 1976) is a Portuguese former rugby union footballer.

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Saint-Gobain

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie.

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Santiago, Cape Verde

Santiago (Portuguese for “Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population.

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Sérgio Grilo

Sérgio Filipe Grilo das Neves, known as Sérgio Grilo (born 17 February 1983) is a Portuguese retired football player and coach.

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Sea surface temperature

Sea surface temperature (or ocean surface temperature) is the temperature of ocean water close to the surface.

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Serra da Boa Viagem

Serra da Boa Viagem is a mountain range in Portugal, it lies three kilometers north of Figueira da Foz.

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Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Spit (landform)

A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

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Subtropical Storm Alpha (2020)

Subtropical Storm Alpha was the first subtropical or tropical cyclone ever observed to make landfall in mainland Portugal.

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Surfing

Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.

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Suzy (singer)

Susana Guerra (born 24 January 1980), known professionally as Suzy Guerra and formerly Suzy, is a Portuguese singer.

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Tavarede

Tavarede is a parish in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

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The Navigator Company

The Navigator Company (formerly known as Portucel Soporcel Group) is a Portuguese pulp and paper company.

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Ticha Penicheiro

Patrícia "Ticha" Nunes Penicheiro OIH (September 18, 1974) is a Portuguese sports agent and former basketball player.

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Tourism region

A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra (UC; Universidade de Coimbra) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal.

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Viseu District

The District of Viseu (Distrito de Viseu) is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Viseu.

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Yevpatoria

Yevpatoria (Yevpatoriia; Yevpatoriya;; Eupatoría) is a city in Western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay.

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See also

Municipalities of Coimbra District

Populated coastal places in Portugal

Populated places in Coimbra District

Port cities and towns in Portugal

Seaside resorts in Portugal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figueira_da_Foz

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