Setúbal

Fishing port and capital of Setúbal district, southwest Portugal, on the Bay of Setúbal, on the Atlantic coast; population (1991) 83,600. There is a trade in salt, oranges, and muscatel grapes; industries include shipbuilding, cement, fish canning, and the manufacture of vehicles. It has a 15th-century and a 16th-century church.

Setúbal

District of southwest Portugal on the Atlantic coast, separated from Lisboa district by the Tagus estuary; area 5,105 sq km/1,971 sq mi; population (1991) 713,700; capital Setúbal. The district is mainly agricultural and products include cereals, vines, and olives; fishing is important.