Atouguia da Baleia

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Atouguia da Baleia
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Atouguia da Baleia is located in Portugal
Atouguia da Baleia
Atouguia da Baleia
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°20′13″N 9°19′30″W / 39.337°N 9.325°W / 39.337; -9.325Coordinates: 39°20′13″N 9°19′30″W / 39.337°N 9.325°W / 39.337; -9.325
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Oeste
DistrictLeiria
MunicipalityPeniche
Area
 • Total47.02 km2 (18.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total8,954
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Atouguia da Baleia is a parish in the municipality of Peniche, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,954,[1] in an area of 47.02 km².[2] The village of Atouguia da Baleia proper has almost 2,000 residents.

The geology of Atouguia da Baleia is Late Jurassic Lourinhã Fm., where the dinosaur Miragaia longicollum was found.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ Costa, Francisco; Mateus, Octávio (13 November 2019). "Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): A new specimen of Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal resolves taxonomical validity and shows the occurrence of the clade in North America". PLOS ONE. 14 (11). e0224263. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1424263C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224263. PMC 6853308. PMID 31721771.


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