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Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugali
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Mindat Locality ID:
260033
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:260033:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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English:
Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto
Portuguese:
Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Asturian:
Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto, Covilhã


Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto is a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Vale Formoso and Aldeia do Souto. The parish has an area of 18.90 km².

Registered mining concessions (Sn) up to 1962:

No. 1673 Lameiras no. 3, registered on 17-11-1928 - former Aldeia do Mato
CM16 Gaia, 12-12-1927
CM14 Zêzere, 14-06-1927
1368 Catraias, 15-06-1923
1362 Alagoa, 09-06-1923
1358 Lameiras, 07-06-1923 - former Aldeia do Mato
1359 Pontão da Cebola, 07-06-1923 - former Aldeia do Mato
1270 Alagoa no. 3, 19-12-1922 - former Aldeia do Mato
896 Galvão, 12-11-1919 - former Aldeia do Mato

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_Formoso_e_Aldeia_do_Souto
Wikidata ID:Q17460784

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