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Aguiã

civil parish in Arcos de Valdevez

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ398468 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aguiã (Portuguese: [ɐɡiˈɐ̃]) is a freguesia ("civil parish") of Portugal, part of the concelho ("municipality") of Arcos de Valdevez, in the district of Viana do Castelo and the Norte region. The population in 2011 was 705, in an area of 3.81 km2.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Aguiã” as civil parish in Arcos de Valdevez. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aguiã, civil and parish.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Aguiã, civil and parish providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Aguiã”, the useful work is to connect “civil parish in Arcos de Valdevez” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q398468. Authority coordinates are 41.889, -8.437. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aguiã” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.