Viana do Alentejo
Viana do Alentejo | |
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 The Castle of Viana do Alentejo contemplating the town | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 38°17′N 7°59′W / 38.283°N 7.983°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Alentejo Central |
| District | Évora |
| Parishes | 3 |
| Government | |
| • President | Bernardino Bengalinha Pinto (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 393.67 km2 (152.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,743 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | January 13 |
| Website | www |
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.
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