Alenquer, Portugal
Municipality in Centro, Portugal
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Alenquer (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽˈkɛɾ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Lisbon District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 43,267,[1] in an area of 304.22 square kilometres (117.46 sq mi).[2] The present Mayor is Pedro Miguel Ferreira Folgado.[3]
History
Alenquer received its Foral in 1212 by the hand of Infanta (Princess) Sancha, Lady of Alenquer, daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal.
Climate
Alenquer has a mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It has a total of 2763.9 annual hours of sunshine.[4]
| Climate data for Ota Airport, Alenquer, 1961-1990, altitude: 40 m (130 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 43.5 (110.3) | 40.5 (104.9) | 40.9 (105.6) | 39.8 (103.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 29.4 (84.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 43.5 (110.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 21.3 (70.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.9 (51.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 84.6 (3.33) | 88.7 (3.49) | 61.8 (2.43) | 56.7 (2.23) | 44.1 (1.74) | 20.9 (0.82) | 4.5 (0.18) | 5.7 (0.22) | 23.2 (0.91) | 74.1 (2.92) | 103.6 (4.08) | 89.2 (3.51) | 657.1 (25.86) |
| Source: Instituto de Meteorologia[5] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents
- Pêro de Alenquer a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
- Damião de Góis (1502 in Alenquer – 1574) an important Portuguese humanist philosopher.[6]
- John Smith Athelstane, 1st Count of Carnota (1813-1886 in Alenquer) a British diplomat, author, biographer and painter.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[7]
- Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres
- Aldeia Galega da Merceana e Aldeia Gavinha
- Alenquer (Santo Estêvão e Triana)
- Carnota
- Carregado e Cadafais
- Meca
- Olhalvo
- Ota
- Ribafria e Pereiro de Palhacana
- Ventosa
- Vila Verde dos Francos
See also
- Alenquer DOC, a wine designation.
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Info institucional › Câmara municipal 2017/21 - Município de Alenquer".
- ^ "Linha aérea dupla Carregado-Rio Maior" (PDF). REN. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Alenquer Municipality. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Goes, Damião de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 180–181.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 8" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alenquer.
- Official site
- Fórum Alenquer Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
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