Description : Setúbal (/səˈtuːbəl/, also US: /-bɑːl/, Portuguese: (About this soundlisten); Proto-Celtic: *Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of 230.33 km2 (88.9 sq mi). The city proper had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the times of Al-Andalus the city was known as Shaṭūbar (Andalusian Arabic: شَطُوبَر ). In the 19th century, the port was called Saint Ubes in English, and Saint-Yves in French. The municipal holiday is 15 September, which marks the date in the year 1860 when King Pedro V of Portugal officially recognised Setúbal as a city. In antiquity the city was known as Cetobriga, a Turdetani settlement that came under Roman control in the province of Lusitania.
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