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Moçarria

Coordinates: 39°17′02″N 8°46′37″W / 39.284°N 8.777°W / 39.284; -8.777
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Moçarria
Coat of arms of Moçarria
Moçarria is located in Portugal
Moçarria
Moçarria
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°17′02″N 8°46′37″W / 39.284°N 8.777°W / 39.284; -8.777
Country Portugal
RegionAlentejo
Intermunic. comm.Lezíria do Tejo
DistrictSantarém
MunicipalitySantarém
Area
 • Total12.11 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,072
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Moçarria is a parish in the municipality of Santarém, Portugal, with 12.11 km2 (5 sq mi) of area and 1072 inhabitants (2001).

Situated on a hill in the area called the "Neighborhood" from Santarém near the municipality of Rio Maior by the west, the parish of Moçarria distances 11 km (7 mi) from town. Historian believes that the toponym Moçarria is of Arab origin or Mozarabic (musta'rib or muzarra) which means Joy.