NUTS3
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, ...
subregion of the
Alentejo Region
Alentejo Region () is one of the seven NUTS 2 regions of Portugal. It covers all of the historical Alentejo Province and part of the historical Ribatejo and Estremadura provinces.
The greater region is defined within Portugal by the land bo ...
Instituto Nacional de Estatística Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portuguese for "National Institute for Statistics") may refer to:
* Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde) - the national statistical agency of Cape Verde
* Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Mozambique) ...
, 18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is Beja. Baixo Alentejo comprises 13 of the 14 municipalities of the
Beja District
The Beja District () is located in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Beja. It is the largest district of the country by area, and constitutes around 11% of its area.
Municipalities
The district is composed of 14 municipali ...
. The population in 2011 was 126,692,Instituto Nacional de Estatística /ref> in an area of 8,542.72 km².
It is bordered on the North by
Alentejo Central Subregion
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central () is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Évora, the main city. Other cities are Estremoz, Montemor-o-Novo, Vendas Novas and ...
, on the East by Spain, on the South by the Algarve and on the West by
Alentejo Litoral
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Litoral () is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in May 2009. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region.Baixo Alentejo Province.