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Campolide
Civil parish
Clockwise: View of the Águas Livres Aqueduct; Cadeia de Lisboa; Palácio da Justiça; Central Mosque of Lisbon; NOVA University Lisbon.
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°43′37″N 9°09′43″W / 38.727°N 9.162°W / 38.727; -9.162
Country	Portugal
Region	Lisbon
Metropolitan area	Lisbon
District	Lisbon
Municipality	Lisbon
Area
• Total	2.77 km (1.07 sq mi)
Population
• Total	15,460
• Density	5,600/km (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	https://jf-campolide.pt/

Campolide (European Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃puˈliðɨ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Campolide is west of Avenidas Novas, north of Campo de Ourique, east of Benfica, and south of São Domingos de Benfica. The population in 2011 was 15,460,

History

Campolide was the site of a major battle on 5 September 1833, when the forces of Dom Miguel attacked those of Dom Pedro, as Pedro attempted to wrest back control of Portugal from his brother.

Campolide was made a freguesia of Lisbon on February 7, 1959.

On 7 August 2008, two Brazilian robbers robbed a Banco Espírito Santo branch kidnapping six hostages, including the bank manager. This hostage hijacking ended with the intervention of the special forces of Portuguese police.

Population

Landmarks

• Águas Livres Aqueduct
• Palácio da Justiça
• Central Mosque of Lisbon
• NOVA University Lisbon

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
3. Neill Macaulay, Dom Pedro. The Struggle for Liberty in Brazil and Portugal, 1798-1834 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1986), p. 292
4. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População) - https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes

External links

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