Caparica is a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal.

[3] Caparica is situated on the Setúbal Peninsula, south of the Tagus River.

On the opposite bank of the Tagus lies Belém, a civil parish of Lisbon.

The name Caparica is probably derived from the Latin word capparis, which means caper.

Caparica may have been founded during the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.