Carreira (Santo Tirso)
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Carreira is a rural parish located 4 km to the south of the city of Santo Tirso
in the Leça Valley of Portugal
. It has a population of 982 (2001 census) and an area 3.45 km². It is mostly residential, with some inhabitants working in agriculture
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Santo Tirso
Santo Tirso is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto District, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry....
in the Leça Valley of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It has a population of 982 (2001 census) and an area 3.45 km². It is mostly residential, with some inhabitants working in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
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