Viana do Alentejo
Template:Infobox Portuguese subdivision Viana do Alentejo (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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.
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Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- 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.[4]
Twin towns
Viana do Alentejo is twinned with:[5]
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- Template:Flagicon Igarassu, Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Viana, Brazil
Gallery
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The Castle of Viana do Alentejo with the city below
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The local Senhora d'Aires Church in Viana do Alentejo
References
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- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
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- ↑ António Banha, IMDb Database retrieved 20 June 2021.
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External links
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