Mourão () is a municipality in the District of
Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,663,
[Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica]
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Geography
The municipality borders the municipality of Alandroal
Alandroal () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Évora located on the eastern frontier with Spain along the right margin of the Guadiana River in the Central Alentejo region. It is located above sea level, northeast of Évora and sou ...
to the north, Spain to the east, Barrancos to the south-east, Moura to the south and Reguengos de Monsaraz to the east.
The town has the well-preserved Castle of Mourão.
Gallery
Politics
The present Mayor is Maria Clara Safara, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is February 2.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (''freguesias
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
''):
Notable people
* Hernâni Neves (born 1963) a retired Portuguese footballer and beach soccer player, known as ''Hernâni''
See also
*Granja Amareleja IPR Granja-Amareleja is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Mourão in the Alentejo region. The region was initially a separate '' Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada'' (IPR) region, but in 2003, it became one of eight subregions of ...
References
External links
Mourão Municipality (Portugal)Mourão Digital - A tua Comunidade na Internet
Municipalities of Évora District
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