Umbrella Street in Águeda ,Portugal

Águeda is a city and a district in Portugal with an aggregate region of 335.3 square kilometers (129.5 square miles) and populace of 47,729 tenants (2011). The city fitting had a populace of 14,504 in 2001, while the rest of appropriated in 11 areas, inside the Baixo Vouga Subregion. 

Águeda, has been a civil seat since 1834 and has had official city status since 1985. It was based on an establishment of progressive Celt, Turduli and Greek tenants since 370 BCE. 

Aged occupation of this zone was stamped by differing megalithic landmarks, including the archeological site at Cabeço de Vouga, a paramount Roman military stronghold along courses from Olissipo (Lisbon) to Bracara. 

In the ninth Century, Águeda was a prosperous burg, with stable trade and a dynamic port that backed nearby and local organizations. It was specified in records from 1050 to 1077, by its primitive name Casal Lousado (Latin: Casal Lousato), or by its anglicized structures: Anegia, Agatha and Ágada; by the ninth Century, this settlement was alluded to as Ágata. In an archive dated 1050, there is notice of a few towns arranged inside the current fringes, numerous with names starting from Arab dialects. 

Águeda never attained a foral amid the Middle Ages, as opposed to its neighbors, it was viewed as grand terrains and territories of the cloisters of Lorvão and Vacariça. It worked as an auxiliary fixate making progress toward Santiago de Compostela, and the stream side town was assuredly gone by Queen Isabel in 1325, amid her standard journeys to the religious focus. 

Another period of settlement happened after the stronghold of the Kingdom of Portugal, from the 11th–12th century: despite the fact that its occupants flourished, and had numerous benefits, their agents from Aveiro in the Cortes of Évora (1451), never asked for a foral assertion. Ruler D. Manuel I included Águeda in a general foral conceded to Aveiro, in 1515, yet was just, later, given a different contract. 

In 1834, Águeda climbed to the classification of civil seat, as an outcome of the Liberal Revolution, when major regulatory changes were started. Its imperative political spot and vital politico-military position, permitted Águeda to help military troops amid the second French Invasion, when it worked as military doctor's facility. Coming about because of the authoritative change, Águeda started its political vocation in the shadow of extraordinary change, and a considerable lot of its residents were vital area reformers. The district of Águeda, was created on 31 December 1853, and incorporated numerous more seasoned concelhos of medieval causes since a long time ago wiped out, including Aguada de Cima, Castanheira do Vouga and Préstimo. 

As a boondocks city spotted between the ocean and area, it possesses a special position, adjusted by both railroads and a growing street system. These headways, permitted the financial and social advancement of the area, and set Águeda in a critical position, bringing about its development and improvement. On 8 July 1985, Águeda was hoisted to the class of city. 

The district of Águeda is authoritatively coordinated into the previous area of Aveiro, in the locale of Beira Litoral; it is spotted 240 kilometers (149 miles) from Lisbon, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Porto and 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Aveiro.