The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Baixo Alentejo (; " Intermunicipal Community of Lower

Alentejo Alentejo ( , , ) is a geographical, historical, and cultural region of south–central and southern Portugal. In Portuguese, its name means "beyond the Tagus" (). Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo Province, Alto Alentejo and Bai ...

") is an administrative division in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

. It was created in 2009. It is also a

NUTS3 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European Uni ...

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 ...

.Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 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, comprising around 11% of Portuguese territory. It borders Spain. Municipalities The district i ...

. 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, on the East by

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, on the South by the

Algarve The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ...

and on the West by

Alentejo Litoral The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Litoral (; " Intermunicipal Community of Littoral Alentejo") 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 Baixo Alentejo was a Portuguese province. It was abolished with the Constitution of 1976. Districts * Beja District * Setúbal District The District of Setúbal ( ) is a district located in the south-west of Portugal. It is named for its ...

Municipalities

It is composed of 13 municipalities:

References

External links

Official website CIM Baixo Alentejo
{{Regions of Portugal Intermunicipal communities of Portugal