Santarém District

The District of Santarém (Distrito de Santarém ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's Centro Region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.

The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of 6747 km2, and a population of 475,344 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 70 people per sq. kilometer (180 people per sq. mile).

Municipalities
The district includes the following 21 municipalities.


 * Abrantes
 * Alcanena
 * Almeirim
 * Alpiarça
 * Benavente
 * Cartaxo
 * Chamusca
 * Constância
 * Coruche
 * Entroncamento
 * Ferreira do Zêzere
 * Golegã
 * Mação
 * Ourém
 * Rio Maior
 * Salvaterra de Magos
 * Santarém
 * Sardoal
 * Tomar
 * Torres Novas
 * Vila Nova da Barquinha

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022
!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !colspan=2 | 1976 !colspan=2 | 1979 !colspan=2 | 1980 !colspan=2 | 1983 !colspan=2 | 1985 !colspan=2 | 1987 !colspan=2 | 1991 !colspan=2 | 1995 !colspan=2 | 1999 !colspan=2 | 2002 !colspan=2 | 2005 !colspan=2 | 2009 !colspan=2 | 2011 !colspan=2 | 2015 !colspan=2 | 2019 !colspan=2 | 2022 ! align="left"| Total seats || colspan=2|13 || colspan=10|12 || colspan=14|10 || colspan=6|9 ! colspan=33| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
 * - class="unsortable"
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"| PS || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|6 || 27.3 || 3 ||30.4 || 4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5 || 18.6 || 2 || 21.7 || 3 || 29.4 || 3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|46.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|6 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|33.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|4 || 25.9 || 3 || 32.9 || 3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|37.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|41.2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5
 * align="left"| PSD || 19.5 || 3 || colspan=4 rowspan=2 align=center| In AD || 24.7 || 3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|27.8 || style="background:#FF9900;"|4 || style="background:#FF9900;"|47.9 || style="background:#FF9900;"|7 || style="background:#FF9900;"|49.1 || style="background:#FF9900;"|6 || 31.0 || 3 || 30.2|| 3 || 38.1 || 4 || 26.4 || 3 || 27.0 || 3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|37.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|5 || colspan=2 rowspan=2 align=center| In PàF || 25.2 || 3 || 26.9 || 3
 * align="left"| CDS-PP || 13.9 || 2 || 10.0 || 1 || 7.7 || 1 || 3.6 || || 3.3 ||  || 8.7 || 1 || 8.1 || 1 || 8.4 || 1 || 6.9 ||  || 11.2 || 1 || 12.3 || 1 || 4.7 ||  || 1.9 ||
 * align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU || 16.1 || 2 || 21.7|| 3 || 19.0 || 2 || 20.0 || 3 || 16.4 || 2 || 12.6 || 1 || 9.8 || 1 || 9.5 || 1 || 10.1 || 1 || 8.6 || 1 || 8.6 || 1 || 9.2 || 1 || 9.0 || 1 || 9.6 || 1 || 7.6 || 1 || 5.4 ||
 * align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|41.0 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|42.1 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|6 || colspan=26|
 * align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 23.8 || 3 || 7.3 || 1 || 1.0 || || colspan=18|
 * align="left"| BE || colspan=16| || 2.0 || || 2.8 ||  || 6.5 ||  || 11.8 || 1 || 5.8 ||  || 10.8 || 1 || 10.2 || 1 || 4.6 ||
 * align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|35.8 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|4 || colspan=4|
 * align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || || 10.9 || 1
 * align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|41.0 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|42.1 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|6 || colspan=26|
 * align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 23.8 || 3 || 7.3 || 1 || 1.0 || || colspan=18|
 * align="left"| BE || colspan=16| || 2.0 || || 2.8 ||  || 6.5 ||  || 11.8 || 1 || 5.8 ||  || 10.8 || 1 || 10.2 || 1 || 4.6 ||
 * align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|35.8 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|4 || colspan=4|
 * align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || || 10.9 || 1
 * align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|35.8 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|4 || colspan=4|
 * align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || || 10.9 || 1
 * align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || || 10.9 || 1
 * align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || || 10.9 || 1
 * }

Archeology
The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal.