Esgueira is an urban parish in the municipality of Aveiro

Aveiro Municipality

Aveiro Municipality is located in Aveiro District, Portugal. The capital of the district and of the municipality is the city of Aveiro.-Demographics:-Parishes:* Aradas* Cacia* Eirol* Eixo* Esgueira* Glória * Nariz...

, in Portugal

Portugal

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References to the sea waters of Esgueira can be found in 1057, since the production and commerce of salt

Salt

In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

 were the great wealth of this river/sea zone. It was the head of the old council, founded by John III of Portugal

John III of Portugal

John III , nicknamed o Piedoso , was the fifteenth King of Portugal and the Algarves. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile...

 and extinguished in 1759.

Demographics

In Esgueira resides an age group relatively young. The town has 12 thousand inhabitants, in an area of 17.7 square kilometers.

Health

According to the spokesperson of the Town Hall this is one of the sections with the most needs. There's a Health Department that works, temporarily, in the ground floor of the Town Hall, a Center of Rehabilitation for handicapped people, some clinics, two Dental Clinics, two pharmacies, a Center of Clinic Analysis and a Surgeon

Surgery

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 Center. The town's ambition is to build a Health Center, which is by now a very discussed topic because the future facility is planned to be built inside the court yard of the town's Elementary School

Elementary school

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Sports

In this field it must be highlighted the success of Casa do Povo de Esgueira, on the district, national and international level in the area of Badminton, they also hold sporting activities for futsal, gymnastics and traditional games. The town also has the activity of the Associação Desportiva de Taboeira, a sporting association what builds the youth in the game of Soccer. The Clube do Povo de Esgueira is also rather good at Basketball.

Education

Esgueira possesses a relatively high schooling population, around 3050, divided by 5 Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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's 4 Elementary Schools, One EB 2.3 (Escola Aires Barbosa), 1 Secondary School (Escola Secundária Jaime Magalhães Lima).