Mação
# Mação

Mação (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,338, in an area of 399.98 km².

The present Mayor is Vasco António Mendonça Sequeira Estrela, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

## Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):

* Amêndoa
* Cardigos
* Carvoeiro
* Envendos
* Mação, Penhascoso e Aboboreira
* Ortiga

## Notable people

* António Lino Neto (1873 in Mação – 1961) a Portuguese Catholic politician, lawyer and professor of Political Economy.
* Duarte Marques (born 1981 in Mação) a Portuguese consultant, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic
