Santiago do Cacém

Santiago do Cacém, officially the City of Santiago do Cacém, is a town and a municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 29,749, in an area of 1059.69 km².

The present mayor is Álvaro Beijinha, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is July 25.

Places of interest

• Harmonia Society
• Park Rio da Figueira
• Miróbriga Ruins
• Castelo de Santiago do Cacém
• Santiago do Cacém Railway Station

Parishes

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

• Abela
• Alvalade
• Cercal do Alentejo
• Ermidas-Sado
• Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra
• Santo André
• São Domingos e Vale de Água
• São Francisco da Serra

Climate

Gallery

International relations

Santiago do Cacém is twinned with:

• Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Notable people

• Martim Soares Moreno (ca.1586 in Santiago do Cacém - ca.1648) an explorer in the colony of Brazil
• Manuel da Fonseca (1911 in Santiago do Cacém – 1993) a Portuguese writer
• Silvino Soares (born 1978 in Santiago do Cacém) a Cape Verdean footballer.
• Alberto Louzeiro (born 1982 in Santiago do Cacém) a Portuguese footballer with over 250 club caps
• Aurea Sousa (born 1987 in Santiago do Cacém) known as Aurea, a soul, blues, pop, reggae and R&B singer

Notes

References

External links

• Town Hall official website
• Photos from Santiago do Cacém