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Orbacém, Gondar e Orbacém, Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Orbacém- not defined -
Gondar e OrbacémCivil Parish
CaminhaMunicipality
Viana do CasteloDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 48' 33'' North , 8° 46' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Vila Praia de Âncora4,987 (2012)6.7km
Meadela9,981 (2018)11.6km
Areosa4,626 (2012)12.4km
Viana do Castelo36,148 (2018)13.9km
Darque8,092 (2012)14.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
261811
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:261811:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Orbacém, Caminha, Distrito de Viana do Castelo, Portugal


Parish of Caminha municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das Freguesias de Gondar e Orbacém".

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
No. 2276 Corzes no. 3 (Sn), registered on 10-07-1947
CM30 Traz Âncora (Sn-Au), 10-01-1938
1932 Pedrulhos (Sn), 15-01-1937 - inc. in the Traz Âncora mining field
1934 Pedrulhos no. 3 (Sn), 15-01-1937 - inc. in the Traz Âncora mining field
1928 Rio Âncora (Sn-Au), 24-11-1936 - inc. in the Traz Âncora mining field
1929 Rio Âncora no. 2 (Sn-Au), 24-11-1936 - inc. in the Traz Âncora mining field
1791 Pedrulhos no. 4 (Sn), 15-11-1930 - inc. in the Traz Âncora mining field
1788 Pedrulhos no. 1 (Sn), 14-11-1930 - inc. in the Traz Âncora mining field
CM24 Gondar (Sn), 17-10-1930
1674 Orbacém (Sn), 02-01-1929
1660 Ponte de Saim (Sn), 18-09-1928
1649 Candosa (Sn), 05-09-1928
1557 Senhora das Neves no. 1 (Sn), 02-11-1926 - inc. in the Gondar mining field
1558 Senhora das Neves no. 3 (Sn), 02-11-1926 - inc. in the Gondar mining field
1559 Senhora das Neves no. 4 (Sn), 02-11-1926 - inc. in the Gondar mining field
1526 Bouça do Atalho (Sn), 28-05-1924
CM6 Dem (Sn), 05-12-1923
979 Lugar do Dem (Sn), 30-11-1920 - inc. in the Dem mining field

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