Torre de Moncorvo
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Torre de Moncorvo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572,[1] in an area of 531.56 km2.[2]
The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD.
Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners.[3] The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining. [1]
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
- Açoreira
- Adeganha e Cardanha
- Cabeça Boa
- Carviçais
- Castedo
- Felgar e Souto da Velha
- Felgueiras e Maçores
- Horta da Vilariça
- Larinho
- Lousa
- Mós
- Torre de Moncorvo
- Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos
Famous people
According to a study by Antonio Andrade, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges had Portuguese ancestry: Borges's great-grandfather, Francisco, was born in Portugal in 1770, and lived in Torre de Moncorvo, before he emigrated to Argentina.
Climate
Torre de Moncorvo has a Mediterranean climate with warm to very hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, depending on the altitude.
Climate data for station 06O/03U, Adeganha, Torre de Moncorvo, 1960-1980, altitude: 188 m (617 ft) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.2 (77.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.6 (45.7) | 15.9 (60.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.0 (3.07) | 76.2 (3.00) | 50.4 (1.98) | 40.9 (1.61) | 44.8 (1.76) | 43.5 (1.71) | 8.8 (0.35) | 9.7 (0.38) | 25.9 (1.02) | 55.6 (2.19) | 67.7 (2.67) | 59.9 (2.36) | 561.4 (22.1) |
Source: APA[5][6] |
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
- ^ "Aethel recebe luz verde para explorar Minas de Moncorvo". 5 November 2019.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 121" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links
- Municipality official website
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