Santarem District

District in Centro
and Alentejo, Portugal

The District of Santarém (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j], Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's Centro Region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.

The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of 6,747 km2 (2,605 sq mi), and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 70 people per sq. kilometer (180 people per sq. mile).

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

e • d Summary of election results from Santarém district, 1976-2011 Parties % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S 1976 1979 1980 1983 1985 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2005 2009 2011 PS 38.4 6 27.3 3 30.4 4 38.4 5 18.6 2 21.7 3 29.4 3 45.8 5 45.5 5 38.4 4 46.1 6 33.7 4 25.9 3 PSD 19.5 3 24.7 3 27.8 4 47.9 7 49.1 6 31.0 3 30.2 3 38.1 4 26.4 3 27.0 3 37.6 5 CDS-PP 13.9 2 10.0 1 7.7 1 3.6 3.3 8.7 1 8.1 1 8.4 1 6.9 11.2 1 12.3 1 PCP/APU/CDU 16.1 2 21.7 3 19.0 2 20.0 3 16.4 2 12.6 1 9.8 1 9.5 1 10.1 1 8.6 1 8.6 1 9.2 1 9.0 1 BE 2.0 2.8 6.5 11.8 1 5.8 AD 41.0 6 42.1 6 PRD 23.8 3 7.3 1 1.0 Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Archeology

The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal.