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Mora () is a municipality in
Évora District Évora District ( pt, Distrito de Évora ) is located in Alentejo, in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Évora. Municipalities The district is composed by 14 municipalities: * Alandroal * Arraiolos * Borba * Estremoz * Év ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,978,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
in 2021. The municipal holiday is
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.


Climate


Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (''
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''): * Brotas *
Cabeção Cabeção is a Portuguese village, located in Mora Municipality in the Alto Alentejo Subregion. The population in 2011 was 1,073, in an area of 47.43 km². For a time it was the seat of local government in the immediate area between 1395 e ...
* Mora * Pavia


Gallery

Image:Igreja da Misericórdia de Mora.JPG, Main church of Mora


Notable people

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José Pedro Biléu José Pedro Biléu (born 10 April 1932, in Mora) is a former Portuguese footballer who played as forward. Football career Biléu gained 2 caps for Portugal and made his debut 22 May 1955 in Porto against England England is a countr ...
(born 1932 in Mora) a former Portuguese footballer with 303 caps with
Lusitano de Évora Lusitano Ginásio Clube, MHC, also commonly known as Lusitano de Évora (abbrev. Lusit. Évora), is a Portuguese sports club based in Évora competing in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth-tier league in the Portuguese football system. F ...


References


External links


Town Hall official websiteOnline NewspaperPhotos of Mora
Municipalities of Évora District {{Évora-geo-stub