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Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Castelo MelhorCivil Parish
Vila Nova de Foz CôaMunicipality
GuardaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Almendra, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
U.F Mós, Santo Amaro e Vila Nova Foz Côa, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Urros e Peredo dos Castelhanos, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
Chas, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Muxagata, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Type:
Civil Parish
Mindat Locality ID:
262529
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:262529:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
German:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Distrikt Guarda, Portugal
Portuguese:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Russian:
Каштелу-Мельор, Вила-Нова-ди-Фош-Коа, Гуарда, Португалия
Spanish:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Distrito de Guarda, Portugal
Asturian:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Distritu de Guarda
Cebuano:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa , Distrito da Guarda
Dutch:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Каштелу-Мельор
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda Koān
Turkish:
Castelo Melhor, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portekiz


Parish of Vila Nova de Foz Côa municipality.

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962)
included in the Almendra mining field http://www.mindat.org/loc-262527.html
No. 2747 Almendreiras II (Sn-W), registered on 30-06-1951
No. 2253 Almendreiras (W-Sn), registered on 10-04-1947]

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Wikidata ID:Q1048970
GeoNames ID:8012292


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