Baleizão is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish") of the municipality of Beja. The population in 2011 was 902,[1] in an area of 139.74 km2.[2]
Baleizão | |
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Coordinates: 38°01′34″N 7°42′50″W / 38.026°N 7.714°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Alentejo |
Intermunic. comm. | Baixo Alentejo |
District | Beja |
Municipality | Beja |
Area | |
• Total | 139.74 km2 (53.95 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 902 |
• Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
The parish contains Monte do Olival ("Hill of the Olive Grove"), where Catarina Eufémia was murdered in 1954. She subsequently became a national icon of the resistance against the Estado Novo regime.
References
edit- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.