Viana Do Alentejo
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, in an area of 393.67 km.
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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):
- 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.
Twin towns
Viana do Alentejo is twinned with:
Igarassu, Brazil- Porto Seguro, Brazil
- Viana, Brazil
Gallery
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The Castle of Viana do Alentejo with the city below -
The local Senhora d'Aires Church in Viana do Alentejo
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