Alter do Chão (Portugal)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אלטר דו שאו (פורטוגל)
Name (Latin)
Alter do Chão (Portugal)
Coordinates
-54.95 -54.95 -2.51666667 -2.51666667 (gooearth )
W0073932 W0073932 N0391151 N0391151 (geonames )
Associated country
Portugal
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 268963985
Wikidata: Q225060
Library of congress: n 98097739
Sources of Information
  • BGN gaz., Portugal, 1961(Alter do Chão; ppl; 39°,12ʹN, 07°,40ʹW; in the district of Portalegre; no others given with this name)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°11ʹ51ʺN 007°39ʹ32ʺW)
  • Ribeiro, T.C. O município de Alter do Chão nos finais do séc. XVIII, c1998:pref. (vila; identified in documents for the first time in 1800; the most populated town in the comarca of Vila Viçosa, situated between Avis and Crato, only 4 leagues from Portalegre, on the banks of the river Avis)
  • BGN gaz., Portugal, 1961(Alter do Chão; ppl; 39p0s,12'N, 07p0s,40'W; in the district of Portalegre; no others given with this name)

Wikipedia description:

Alter do Chão is one of the administrative districts of the city of Santarém, in Pará state located on the right bank of the Tapajós. The distance to the city center about 37 kilometres across the highway Everaldo Martins (PA-457). It is the main tourist spot of Santarém, it houses the most beautiful freshwater beach in the world according to the British newspaper The Guardian, and is popularly known as the Brazilian Caribbean.

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