Mourão

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

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Coordinates: 38°20′N 7°22′W / 38.333°N 7.367°W / 38.333; -7.367Country

PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Alentejo CentralDistrictÉvoraParishes3Government

• PresidentMaria Clara Safara (PS)Area

• Total278.63 km² (107.58 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total2,663 • Density9.6/km² (25/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayFebruary 2Websitehttp://www.cm-mourao.pt

Mourão (Portuguese pronunciation: [moˈɾɐ̃w] ^ⓘ) 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.