Viana do Alentejo

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

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Coordinates: 38°17′N 7°59′W / 38.283°N 7.983°W / 38.283; -7.983Country

PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Alentejo CentralDistrictÉvoraParishes3Government

• PresidentBernardino Bengalinha Pinto (PS)Area

• Total393.67 km² (152.00 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total5,743 • Density15/km² (38/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayJanuary 13Websitehttp://www.cm-vianadoalentejo.pt

Viana do Alentejo (Portuguese pronunciation: [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)
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.