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Santarem

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Santarém is a city and municipality located in the district of Santarém in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 61,752, in an area of 552.54 km². The population of the city proper was 29,929 in 2012.The Mayor is Ricardo Gonçalves of Lusitania. Julius Caesar creates a military camp in Santarém in 61 BC. The city takes at this time the designation of Scallabis Praesidium Iulium.The III century crisis and the decline of the Western Roman Empire affected the civitas, and in the V century the town was conquered by the barbarians(Vandals and Alans). In 460, the Visigoths, led by Sunerico, gain the city and expelled the alans.

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