Alverca do Ribatejo
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Alverca do Ribatejo (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city (cidade) and a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho.[1]
It covers an area of 17.89 square kilometres (6.91 sq mi) and as of 2011[update] had a population of 31,070, making it the largest city in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira. It was promoted to city status in 1990. It is a city and a suburb near the Tagus River (rio Tejo), in the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Alverca has been deeply connected with aviation since the early 20th century. A military air base named 'Alverca Air Base' was built there in 1918. The aerospace company OGMA, the Portuguese Air Force General Storage, the Air Force Aerodrome Engineering Unit and a branch of the Air Museum are presently based there. The Alverca aviation facilities also housed the first international airport of Portugal, closed after the inauguration of Lisbon Airport in 1942.
Philippe Cousteau died in 1979 after his flying boat crashed into the Tagus in the vicinity of Alverca.[2]
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 131" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Crash of a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina off Alverca: 1 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. 28 June 1979. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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