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Azambuja, Lisbon, Portugali
Regional Level Types
AzambujaMunicipality
LisbonDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Azambuja7,179 (2014)
Aveiras de Cima4,615 (2012)
Alcoentre3,923 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
249446
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249446:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Azambuja, Lisbonne, Portugal
German:
Azambuja, Lissabon, Portugal
Italian:
Azambuja, Lisbona, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Azambuja, Lisboa, Portugal
Russian:
Азамбужа, Лиссабон, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
阿贊布雅, 里斯本區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Azambuja, Lisboa, Portugal
Basque:
Azambuja, Lisboa
Catalan:
Azambuja, Districte de Lisboa, Portugal
Cebuano:
Azambuja , Distrito de Lisboa
Dutch:
Azambuja, Lissabon, Portugal
Finnish:
Azambuja, Lissabonin piiri, Portugali
Japanese:
アザンブジャ, リスボン県, ポルトガル
Malay:
Azambuja, Daerah Lisboa
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Azambuja, Lisbon Koān
Polish:
Azambuja, Dystrykt Lizbona, Portugalia
Turkish:
Azambuja, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Азамбужа, Лісабон , Португалія
Vietnamese:
Azambuja, Lisbon, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Azambuja
Waray:
Azambuja, Lisboa


Azambuja is a Portuguese town in the District of Lisbon. It is the seat of the Municipality of Azambuja, which has an area of 262.66 km² and is subdivided into seven parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Rio Maior, to the northeast by Santarém, to the east by Cartaxo, to the southeast by Salvaterra de Magos, to the south by Benavente and Vila Franca de Xira, and to the west by Alenquer and Cadaval.
Parishes: Alcoentre, Aveiras de Baixo, Aveiras de Cima, Azambuja, Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa, Vale do Paraíso, vila Nova da Rainha.
(adapted from Wikipedia)

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Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences11
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed125 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Assises à Orbitolines9125 - 113 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ammobaculites
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Lituolida : Lituolidae : Ammobaculites125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Orbitolina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Orbitolinidae : Orbitolina125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Palorbitolina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Orbitolinidae : Palorbitolina125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hippuritida
order
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heteraster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Heteraster125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Feresa attenuata
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Feresa : Feresa attenuata0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Terebratulidae
family
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratulidae125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Miliolidae
family
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Miliolidae125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Textulariidae
family
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Textulariida : Textulariidae125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Marinella
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Rhodogorgonales : Elianellaceae : Marinella125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Titanochelon bolivari
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Titanochelon : Titanochelon bolivari15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azambuja
Wikidata ID:Q634164
GeoNames ID:8010559

Localities in this Region


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