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Oliveira do Bairro

Oliveira do Bairro
Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°30′W / 40.517°N 8.500°W / 40.517; -8.500Coordinates: 40°31′N 8°30′W / 40.517°N 8.500°W / 40.517; -8.500
Country  Portugal
Region Centro
Subregion Baixo Vouga
Intermunic. comm. Região de Aveiro
District Aveiro
Parishes 4
Government
 • President Mário Oliveira (PSD)
Area
 • Total 87.32 km2 (33.71 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 23,028
 • Density 260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website http://www.cm-olb.pt/

Oliveira do Bairro (Portuguese pronunciation: [oliˈvɐjɾɐ ðu ˈβajʁu]) is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729, in an area of 335.27 km². It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.

The municipality is in the Bairrada area. The present Mayor is Mário João da Silva Oliveira, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):

Oliveira do Bairro is twinned with two cities: Lamballe, France and Benguela, Angola



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