Moura () is a city and a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
District of Beja
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 ...
in Portugal, subdivided into 5 ''
freguesia
''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 Por ...
s''. The population in 2011 was 15,167, in an area of 958.46 km
2.
The city itself had a population of 8,459 in 2001. It has now around 11,000 inhabitants.
The current Mayor is José Pós de Mina, elected by the
Unitary Democratic Coalition
The Unitary Democratic Coalition ( pt, CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária, PCP–PEV) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The G ...
. The municipal holiday is 24 June.
It is home to
Moura Photovoltaic Power Station, one of Europe's largest solar-power facilities.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''
freguesias''):
*
Amareleja
* Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador
* Póvoa de São Miguel
*
Safara e Santo Aleixo da Restauração
* Sobral da Adiça
Climate
Moura has a
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...
with very hot, dry summers and mild winters. It is one of the driest areas in Portugal with just over of precipitation.
Town Twinning
Moura has cooperation agreements with the following cities:
*
Aroche, Spain, since 1994
*
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, since 1997
*
Amareleja-Valencia del Mombuey, Spain, since 2000
*
Medjez El Bab, Tunisia, since 1995
*
Roccagorga, Italy
Other towns with the same name include:
*
Moura, Australia
Notable people
*
Corino Andrade (1906–2005) a leading neurologist and researcher who first described the
familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) syndrome
*
Eunice Muñoz (born 1928 in Amareleja) a Portuguese actress
Eunice Muñoz, IMDb Database
retrieved 10 June 2021.
* Gonçalo Abecasis (born 1976) a Portuguese American biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
* Miguel Garcia (born 1983) a former footballer with 228 club caps
Gallery
File:MouraPortal-CCBY.jpg, Moura, Portugal
File:Safara_-_Moura.JPG, Moura, Portugal
File:Rua ajardinada.jpg, Moura, Portugal
File:HPIM1731.JPG, Moura, Portugal
File:Sede da Junta de Freguesia de Santo Aleixo da Restauração.JPG, Moura, Portugal
See also
* Moura IPR
References
External links
Town Hall official website
Cities in Portugal
Populated places in Beja District
Municipalities of Beja District
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