Moçarria

Moçarria is a parish in the municipality of Santarém, Portugal, with 12.11 km2 (5 sq mi) of area and 1072 inhabitants (2001).

Moçarria
Coat of arms
Moçarria
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39.284°N 8.777°W / 39.284; -8.777
Country Portugal
RegionAlentejo
Intermunic. comm.Lezíria do Tejo
DistrictSantarém
MunicipalitySantarém
Area
  Total12.11 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total1,072
  Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Situated on a hill in the area called the "Neighborhood" from Santarém near the municipality of Rio Maior by the west, the parish of Moçarria dista 11 km (7 mi) from town. Historian Manuel Silva Conde, believes that the toponym Moçarria is of Arab origin or Mozarabic (musta'rib or muzarra) which means Joy.

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