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 Population's density (No./ km²)
Characteristic Description
Name Population's density (No./ km²) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2001); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - historical series
First available period 1991
Last available period 2001
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Freguesia - at the time of the 2001 Census)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • POPULATION DENSITY:  The intensity of settlement expressed as the ratio between (total) population and surface (land) area (usually expressed as the number of inhabitants per square kilometer).
Formule Total of persons/ Area (square kilometer)
Measure unit (symbol) Number/ Square kilometre (No./ km²)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 15/05/2007


information presented in 19/4/2024