Santa Clara-a-Velha

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|official_name = Santa Clara-a-Velha

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|region = Alentejo

|CIM = Alentejo Litoral

|district = Beja

|municipality = Odemira

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|area_total = 163.67

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|population_total = 873

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Santa Clara-a-Velha is a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 873,[http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)], Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 163.67 km².[http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país] It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santa Clara-a-Velha and Pereiras-Gare.{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 81|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=29 July 2014|author=Diário da República|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}} The dam of Santa Clara (Barragem de Santa Clara), one of the largest dams in Europe, is located here.