Azinhaga

Azinhaga do Ribatejo or simply Azinhaga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐziˈɲaɣɐ]) is a village and a civil parish in the municipality of Golegã, Santarém District, Lezíria do Tejo (roughly the same territory of the historical province of Ribatejo), Portugal.

[4] From the mid-1940s to the 1980s, Azinhaga was the site of a nationally renowned tomato paste factory - the Sociedade Industrial de Concentrados (SIC).

Several amenities were built, expanded or modernized during this period, from comprehensive asphalt road and sewer system, to new education and sports infrastructure.

Besides a number of small retail stores and local shops, as well as agriculture and animal husbandry-related activities, Azinhaga has municipal swimming pool, tennis court, kindergarten and elementary school; the offices of Azinhaga civil parish local government (freguesia, the third layer of official administrative authority in Portugal), local state-run healthcare center of the Portuguese National Health Service; a local branch of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia charity and the local branch of the José Saramago Foundation which has its headquarters based in Lisbon and includes a library.

It is in an area which is a reputed animal producing center and an internationally renowned cattle and horse market.