Mourão_Municipality

Mourão

Mourão

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

For other uses, see Mourão (disambiguation).

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]

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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.

  • 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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. [3]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 79" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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