CHAVES, a fortified town of Portugal, in the province Entre-Duero-e-Minho. It is situated on the northern frontier, towards Galicia, distant three leagues from Monterey, and near the banks of the Tamaga, over which there is a bridge of Roman construction, with sixteen arches, and whose strength shows the antiquity of its date. It possesses 3650 inhabitants. Lat. 41. 46. N.