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Benfica, Lisbon

Field	Value
type	parish
official_name	Benfica
image_skyline	{{Photomontage
photo1a	Monsanto 6 (cropped).JPG
photo2a	Igreja Paroquial de Benfica.jpg
photo2b	Vila Ventura.jpg
photo3a	Retiro do Bom Pastor.JPG
photo3b	Portas de Benfica in 2016 (cropped).JPG
spacing	2
position	center
color_border	white
color	white
size	300
foot_montage	Clockwise: View from Monsanto Forest Park; Villa Ventura; Portas de Benfica; Retiro do Bom Pastor; Nossa Senhora do Amparo Church.
image_location	Benfica (Lisboa) localização.svg
region	Lisbon
metro	Lisbon
district	Lisbon
municipality	Lisbon
coordinates
area_total	8.03
population_as_of	2011
population_total	36985

Benfica () is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Benfica is west of São Domingos de Benfica, Carnide, and Campolide, north of Belém, Ajuda, and Alcântara, and directly east of Lisbon's border with Amadora. The population in 2011 was 36,985,

History

In 1959, the parish was split and gave origin to the parish of São Domingos de Benfica.

In this period, Lisbon was experiencing a fast growth, in the 1950s the population of the parish was 17,843 inhabitants, forty years later it exceeded 50,000.

However, in the 1990s, the population of Lisbon started to decline.

With thousands of people leaving to the suburbs and the parish population declined to the present 38,500 inhabitants.

Landmarks

The biggest park of Lisbon, the Monsanto Forest Park, is mostly (until the A5 that serves as a geographic limit with other parishes of Lisbon) located in Benfica.

Colombo Centre
Monsanto Forest Park

References

[http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)], Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
"Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país".

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