Viana do Alentejo
Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal
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Viana do Alentejo (pronounced [viˈɐnɐ ðu ɐlẽˈtɛʒu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,743,[1] in an area of 393.67 km2.[2]
The present Mayor is Bernardino Bengalinha Pinto, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is January 13.
Climate
Viana do Alentejo has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild, rainy winters and hot to very hot, dry summers.
Climate data for Viana do Alentejo, 1981-2010 normals and extremes (with 2003 record high), altitude: 202 m (663 ft) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 35.7 (96.3) | 39.2 (102.6) | 44.0 (111.2) | 45.0 (113.0) | 47.0 (116.6) | 43.0 (109.4) | 36.5 (97.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 47.0 (116.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 30.4 (86.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.9 (93.0) | 30.2 (86.4) | 24.1 (75.4) | 18.8 (65.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 23.6 (74.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.9 (62.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.4 (45.3) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | 8.4 (47.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.3 (50.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) | −4.5 (23.9) | −2.7 (27.1) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 0.5 (32.9) | −2.0 (28.4) | −4.2 (24.4) | −5.7 (21.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 72.5 (2.85) | 58.9 (2.32) | 40.9 (1.61) | 60.1 (2.37) | 38.7 (1.52) | 13.8 (0.54) | 2.8 (0.11) | 5.9 (0.23) | 30.8 (1.21) | 74.0 (2.91) | 81.5 (3.21) | 91.9 (3.62) | 571.8 (22.5) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 12.0 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 93.6 |
Source: Instituto de Meteorologia[3] |
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
- Aguiar
- Alcáçovas
- Viana do Alentejo
Notable residents
Notable people from Viana do Alentejo include:
- Joana da Gama (c.1520 – 1586) a Portuguese writer.
- Duarte Lobo (ca.1565 – 1646) a Portuguese composer.
- Aleixo de Abreu (1568–1630) a Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist.
- António Francisco Cardim (1596–1659) a Jesuit priest, missionary and historian in the Far East.
- António Banha (1941-2011) actor.[5]
Twin towns
Viana do Alentejo is twinned with:[6]
Igarassu, Brazil
Porto Seguro, Brazil
Viana, Brazil
Gallery
- The Castle of Viana do Alentejo with the city below
- The local Senhora d'Aires Church in Viana do Alentejo
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
- ^ "Monthly Averages for Viana do Alentejo (1981–2010)" (PDF). IPMA.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 126-127" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ António Banha, IMDb Database retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Geminações de Cidades e Vilas". anmp.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-28.
External links
- Town Hall official website
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Municipalities of Évora District
- Alandroal
- Arraiolos
- Borba
- Estremoz
- Évora
- Montemor-o-Novo
- Mora
- Mourão
- Portel
- Redondo
- Reguengos de Monsaraz
- Vendas Novas
- Viana do Alentejo
- Vila Viçosa
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