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:''There is also a city named Óbidos in Brazil. See Óbidos, Pará.''
'Óbidos' (pron. ) is a medieval walled town (''vila'') of around 3,100 inhabitants in the district of Leiria, Portugal. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name.
The name of the town derives from the Latin term ''oppidum'', meaning "citadel", or "fortified city". The area was taken from the Moors in 1148, and the town received its first charter in 1195, under the reign of Sancho I.
The ''concelho'' has an area of 142.17 km² and a population of 10,875 inhabitants (2001). It is bounded in the northeast and east by Caldas da Rainha, in the south by Bombarral, in the southeast by Lourinhã, in the west by Peniche and in the
northwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The city is also home to the prestigious Praia D'el Rey golf complex, one of the top golf resorts in Europe.

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Parishes

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Parishes

Óbidos has 9 civil parishes:

★ A dos Negros

★ Amoreira

★ Gaeiras

★ Olho Marinho

★ Santa Maria (Óbidos)

★ São Pedro (Óbidos)

★ Sobral da Lagoa

★ Usseira

★ Vau

Gallery

External links

★ The Óbido´s chocolate Fair Article from Gina modesto in Accessible travel Magazine, April 2007

★ Photos from Óbidos