Aveiro is a municipality in Portugal with a total
area of 199.9 km and a total population of 73,521 inhabitants,
and 59,860 electors (2006).
The municipality is composed of 14 parishes, and is located in
the District of Aveiro.
The present Mayor is Élio Manuel Delgado da Maia, elected
by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic
Social Centre
City Information
The seat of the municipality is the
city of Aveiro, with about 50,000 inhabitants in the 5 urban parishes.
Located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, Aveiro is an industrial
city with an important seaport. The city of Aveiro is also the capital
of the District of Aveiro.
Aveiro is known in Portugal for its traditional sweets, the ovos-moles
and the trouxas de ovos, both made from eggs. It is sometimes called
"The Portuguese Venice", because of its canals and boats
that remind one of the Italian city of Venice, as the city faced
similar problems when it tried to conquer the water.
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