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Vagos

Vagos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvaɣuʃ] (listen)) is a town and a municipality in Aveiro District, belonging to Centro Region of Portugal. The district capital which goes by the same name, Aveiro, is the nearest largest city to Vagos. The population in 2011 was 22,851, in an area of 164.92 km². It had 17,204 eligible voters. In Roman times, the municipality was then called "Vacus" and it had both ocean and large sand dune valleys situated just east of the town center. Increase in sedimentation and sand drifts have leveled and lengthened this distance. Antonio Gomes da Rocha Madail and other writers state that there is tradition among the native population that they are descendants of the seafaring salt farmers from Phoenicia. Due to the fertile soils, agri… more »