Baleizão

Civil parish in Alentejo, Portugal
Coat of arms of Baleizão
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38°01′34″N 7°42′50″W / 38.026°N 7.714°W / 38.026; -7.714Country PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Baixo AlentejoDistrictBejaMunicipalityBejaArea
 • Total139.74 km2 (53.95 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total902 • Density6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Baleizão is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish") of the municipality of Beja. The population in 2011 was 902,[1] in an area of 139.74 km2.[2]

The parish contains Monte do Olival ("Hill of the Olive Grove"), where Catarina Eufémia was murdered in 1954. She subsequently became a national icon of the resistance against the Estado Novo regime.

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
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Parishes of Beja municipality
Coat of arms of Beja


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