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]
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Viana do Alentejo | |
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The Castle of Viana do Alentejo contemplating the town | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Viana do Alentejo | |
| Coordinates: 38°17′N 7°59′W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Alentejo Central |
| District | Évora |
| Parishes | 3 |
| Government | |
| • President | Luís Metrogos (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 393.67 km2 (152.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,743 |
| • Density | 14.59/km2 (37.78/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | January 13 |
| Website | www |
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 (1991-2020), extremes (1981-present) (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) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
23.8 (74.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.3 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
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 precipitation mm (inches) | 61.7 (2.43) |
47.6 (1.87) |
49.9 (1.96) |
53.1 (2.09) |
37.2 (1.46) |
11.3 (0.44) |
1.4 (0.06) |
3.5 (0.14) |
24.9 (0.98) |
66.9 (2.63) |
75.5 (2.97) |
69.2 (2.72) |
502.2 (19.75) |
| 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: IPMA (precipitation days 1981-2010)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):[5]
- 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.[6]
Twin towns
Viana do Alentejo is twinned with:[7]
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
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