Mourão

Mourão
Mourão
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 38°20′N 7°22′W / 38.333°N 7.367°WCoordinates: 38°20′N 7°22′W / 38.333°N 7.367°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alentejo Central
District	Évora
Parishes	3
Government
• President	Maria Clara Safara (PS)
Area
• Total	278.63 km2 (107.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,663
• Density	9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	February 2
Website	http://www.cm-mourao.pt

Mourão (Portuguese pronunciation: [mowˈɾɐ̃w] (listen)) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,663,^[1] in an area of 278.63 km².^[2]

Geography[]

The municipality borders the municipality of Alandroal to the north, Spain to the east, Barrancos to the south-east, Moura to the south and Reguengos de Monsaraz to the east.

The town has the well-preserved Castle of Mourão.

Gallery[]

Mourão Castle
Street in Mourão
View of the Alqueva Dam from the castle

Politics[]

The present Mayor is Maria Clara Safara, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is February 2.

Parishes[]

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Granja
Luz
Mourão

Notable people[]

Hernâni Neves (born 1963) a retired Portuguese footballer and beach soccer player, known as Hernâni

References[]

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 79" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

External links[]

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[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-2] "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[3] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 79" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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