Caminha is a municipality (in Portuguese: concelho or município ) of the Portugal, located in the District of Viana C Castelo and the Northern area.
Geography
Caminha is bordering:
- in north, of the Spain,
- in the North-East, of Villa Nova de Cerveira,
- in the east, of Laying of Lima,
- in the south, of Viana C Castelo.
The municipality has moreover a maritime frontage, in the west, on the Atlantic Ocean.
Demography
Subdivisions
The municipality of Caminha groups 20 parishes (
Freguesia, in Portuguese):
- Âncora
- Arga de Baixo
- Arga de Cima
- Arga de São João
- Argela
- Azevedo
- Caminha (or Caminha-Matriz) (Caminha)
- Cristelo
- Dem
- Gondar
- Lanhelas
- Moledo
- Orbacém
- Riba de Âncora
- Seixas
- Venade
- Villa Praia de Ancora
- Vilar de Mouros
- Vilarelho (before 1891, Caminha-Vilarelho) (Caminha)
- Cheap
Twinnings