Cartaxo

Infobox_Municipality_pt
official_name = Cartaxo


image_coat_of_arms = CTX1.png

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Region = Ribatejo
Subregion = Lezíria do Tejo
District = Santarém
Mayor_name = Paulo Caldas
Mayor_party = PS
area_total = 158.2
population_total = 24,465
population_density = 155
Parishes = 8
coor = 39º09'N 8º47'W
params = 39_09_N_8_47_W
occasion = Ascension Day
day = date varies
website = http://www.cm-cartaxo.pt
footnotes =

Cartaxo (pron. IPA2|kɐɾ'taʃu) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 158.2 km² and a total population of 24,465 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 9,507. [ [http://62.48.187.117/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004] Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)]

The municipality is composed of 8 parishes, and is located in the district of Santarém.

The present Mayor is Paulo Simões Caldas, elected by the Socialist Party.

The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Parishes

* Cartaxo
* Ereira
* Lapa
* Pontével
* Valada
* Vale da Pedra
* Vale da Pinta
* Vila Chã de Ourique

People from Cartaxo

* Marcelino Mesquita, playwright
* José Tagarro, painter
* José Maria Nicolau, cyclist (1908-1969)
* Marco Chagas, cyclist (born in the parish of Pontével, 1956)
* Rui Silva, olympic athlete (born in Santarém, 1977; raised in Cartaxo)
* The rock band Qwentin is from Cartaxo (2003).
* The punk rock band Defying Control is from Cartaxo (2003).

ee also

*Cartaxo IPR

References

External links

* [http://www.cm-cartaxo.pt/ Town Hall official website]