Santa Catarina (Lisbon)
| Santa Catarina | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
 The scenic overlook of Miradouro da Santa Catarina, showing a view of the Tagus River and local neighborhoods
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| Official name: Freguesia da Santa Catarina | |
| Name origin: Santa Catarina, Portuguese for Saint Catherine, referring to Catherine of Alexandria | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Region | Lisbon |
| Sub-region | Lisbon |
| District | Lisbon |
| Municipality | Lisbon |
| Localities | Avenida D. Carlos I, Calçada do Combro, Rua da Rosa, Rua da Santa Catarina, Rua do Poço dos Negros, Rua do Século |
| Landmarks | Igreja da Santa Catarina, Igreja e Convento de Jesus, Jardim do Príncipe Real |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Coordinates | 38°42′40.95″N 9°8′53.4″W / 38.7113750°N 9.148167°WCoordinates: 38°42′40.95″N 9°8′53.4″W / 38.7113750°N 9.148167°W |
| Lowest point | Sea level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Area | .21 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 4,081 (2001) |
| Density | 19,526.3/km2 (50,573/sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Largo Dr. António de Sousa Macedo, Santa Catarina, Lisbon |
| - elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°42′39.22″N 9°8′59.75″W / 38.7108944°N 9.1499306°W |
| President Junta | Maria Irene dos Santos Lopes (PS) |
| President Assembleia | João Manuel Vidal Nabais (PS) |
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) |
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 1200-153 Lisboa |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 213 XXX XXX |
| Patron Saint | Santa Catarina |
| Parish Address | Largo Dr. António de Sousa Macedo 1200-153 Lisboa |
| Website: http://jf-santacatarina.pt | |
Santa Catarina (English: Saint Catherine) is a former parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Misericórdia. Its area is 0.21 km², and its population exceeds 4081 inhabitants (density 19433 hab/km²).
The civil parish was instituted in on October 9, 1559, when it was de-annexed from the neighbouring parishes of Loreto (which later became Encarnação and Mártires, and included a stretch of land descending from Principe Real to Boavista. Its territory was one of the more extensive urban areas and, until the end of the 20th Century, one of the most populous. Its history was linked to Portuguese discoveries in the 14th and 15th Century, and is characterized by a diverse historical, sociological and cultural influence that mingled the aristocratic and popular.
The administrative limits have suffered successive alterations, the last of which (1959) caused controversy by removing many of the emblematic infrastructures of the parish. This included, specifically, the de-annexation of the area around the Miradouro do Alto de Santa Catarina, an area considered a historical link to the areas past, and which provided in the 16th-17th Centuries assisted the patrol of the Tejo River.
Many figures linked to the cultural or political life of the city (and the country) lived for a time in the parish, including Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Almeida Garrett, Alexandre Herculano and Camilo Castelo Branco. Also, in 1847 (on Rua de São Boaventura) Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho was born (and also lived and died), a champion of women's rights, who affirmed,
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