Almodôvar

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{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

| type = municipality

| official_name = Town of Almodôvar

| image_flag = Pt-adv1.png

| image_shield = ADV.png

| image_skyline =Almodôvar - Portugal (52354736114).jpg

| image_caption =

|coordinates = {{coord|37|30|N|8|03|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = LocalAlmodovar.svg

|region = Alentejo

|CIM = Baixo Alentejo

|district = Beja

|parishes = 6

| leader_party = PS

| leader_name = António Bota

| area_total_km2 = 777.88

| population_total = 7449

| population_as_of = 2011

| holiday = Saint John
June 24

| website = {{website|http://www.cm-almodovar.pt}}

}}

Almodôvar ({{IPA|pt-PT|almuˈðovaɾ|pron|Pt-pt Almodôvar FF.ogg}} {{IPA|pt-PT|-vɐɾ|label=or}}, from {{langx|ar|المدوّر|al-Mudawwar|the Round one}}), officially known as Town of Almodôvar ({{langx|pt|Vila de Almodôvar}}), is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,449,[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística] in an area of 777.88 km².[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007042623/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls |date=October 7, 2012 }}

The present Mayor is António Bota, a member of the Socialist Party.

The town's Museum of Southwestern Writing is featured on episode 1 of the three part documentary The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice, which was broadcast by the BBC in 2015, and hosted by Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver, featuring stone tables containing what some archeologists believe to be a proto-Celtic language.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2015/08/12/culturaipsilon/noticia/escreveramnos-da-serra-ha-2500-anos-mas-ainda-nao-sabemos-o-que-nos-queriam-dizer-1704706|title=Escreveram-nos da serra há 2500 anos, mas ainda não sabemos o que nos queriam dizer|last=Canelas|first=Lucinda|website=PÚBLICO|access-date=2017-02-05}}

Parishes

The municipality is subdivided into the following parishes:{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 11-12|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=10 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}}

History

The village of Almodôvar is signaled in medieval Islamic cartography under the name al-Mudawwar meaning "thing in round" or "surrounded in round".{{Cite web|url=http://www.cm-almodovar.pt/directorio/historia/pid=160/ppid=3/|title=História|website=Município de Almodôvar|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103350/http://www.cm-almodovar.pt/directorio/historia/pid=160/ppid=3/|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}} The settlement was rebuilt at the time of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, with walls surrounding it and a castle inside. Remains of these have, however, disappeared.

Almodôvar received its first Foral (Town Charter) on April 17, 1285, by order of King Dinis of Portugal, confirmed by a new Foral on June 1, 1512, by order of King Manuel I of Portugal.

Geography

The Almodôvar area is situated in an area of transition between the Alentejo peneplain, in the northernmost part of the municipality, and the hills of the Serra do Caldeirão to the south of its territory. The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) which begins in Aljustrel and spreads through the lower Alentejo extending into Southern Spain crosses the area of the municipality.

=Climate=

The municipality experiences a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild wet winters.

{{Weather box

|location = Santa Clara-a-Nova, 1980-2000, elevation: {{convert|284|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}

|metric first = yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan mean C = 9.8

|Feb mean C = 10.7

|Mar mean C = 13.4

|Apr mean C = 14.1

|May mean C = 17.2

|Jun mean C = 21.1

|Jul mean C = 24.3

|Aug mean C = 24.2

|Sep mean C = 22.3

|Oct mean C = 17.8

|Nov mean C = 14.2

|Dec mean C = 11.4

|year mean C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 66.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 45.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 35.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 66.8

|May precipitation mm = 38.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 6.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 2.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 3.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 25.0

|Oct precipitation mm = 63.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 97.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 107.7

|year precipitation mm =

|source 1 = Portuguese Environmental Agency{{cite web |title=Santa Clara-a-Nova (29I/02C) |url=https://snirh.apambiente.pt/index.php?idRef=MTM4Ng==&findestacao=29I/02C |publisher=SNIRH |access-date=4 December 2021}}

}}

Notable people

Katchana (born 1983) real name, Ricardo Jorge Guerreiro Felisberto, a footballer with over 300 club caps
Daniel Mestre (born 1986) a Portuguese cyclist

References

External links

[http://www.cm-almodovar.pt/ Town Hall official website]
[http://www.almodovar.com.pt Municipality of Almodôvar Portal]

Category:Populated places in Beja District

Category:Municipalities of Beja District