Zambujeira do Mar
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Zambujeira do Mar
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| settlement_type = Civil parish
| image_skyline = Zambujeira.jpg
| image_caption = An image of the main settlement of Zambujeira do Mar, a clifftop grouping of residences and commerce
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| image_shield = ODM-zambujeiramar.png
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Portugal}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Alentejo
| subdivision_type2 = Subregion
| subdivision_name2 = Alentejo Litoral
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Beja
| subdivision_type4 = Municipality
| subdivision_name4 = Odemira
| parts_type = Localities
| parts_style = para
| p1 = Alpenduradas
| p2 = Bencaniz
| p3 = Carvalhal da Rocha
| p4 = Daroeira
| p5 = Entrada da Barca
| p6 = Sardanito
| p7 = Touril
| p8 = Valas
| p9 = Vale Figueira
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| map_caption = Location of the civil parish (freguesia) seat of Zambujeira do Mar in the municipality (concelho) of Odemira
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| coordinates = {{coord|37|31|31|N|8|47|03|W|display=inline,title}}
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| established_title = Settlement
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| area_total_km2 = 40.975
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_total = 911
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = WET
| utc_offset1 = 0
| timezone1_DST = WEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +1
| postal_code_type = Postal zone
| postal_code = 7630-801
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| area_code = (+351) 283 XX XX XX
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| blank_name = Demonym
| blank_info = Zambujeirense
| blank1_name = Patron saint
| blank1_info = Nossa Senhora do Mar
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| footnotes = Geographic detail from CAOP (2010){{citation|url=http://www.igeo.pt/produtos/cadastro/caop/download/Areas_Freg_Mun_Dist_CAOP2010.zip |title=Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal |publisher=Instituto Geográfico Português |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt |access-date=1 July 2011 |year=2010 |editor=IGP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703110142/http://www.igeo.pt/produtos/cadastro/caop/download/Areas_Freg_Mun_Dist_CAOP2010.zip |archive-date=July 3, 2014 }} produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
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Zambujeira do Mar is a former civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, Alentejo region, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the parish São Teotónio.{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 81-82|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |access-date=29 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=pt|format=pdf}} Odemira Municipality in the Portuguese. It has a population of 911 inhabitants, dispersed over an area of {{convert|42.96|km2|mi2}}.
History
The most recent civil parish established in Odemira, Zambujeira do Mar was deannexed from the neighbouring civil parish of São Teotónio on 30 June 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.cm-odemira.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=29764 |title=Zambujeira do Mar |publisher=Câmara Municipal de Odemira |location=Zambujeira do Mar (Odemira), Portugal |editor=Câmara Municipal |access-date=8 March 2013 |year=2011 |language=pt}} It merged back into São Teotónio in 2013.
Geography
As its name implies, Zambujeira do Mar is located along the western coast of the Alentejo, south of Cabo Sardão, an area cut by various valleys, cliffs and faults, interspersed by small beaches consisting of clear fine sands, such as Zambujeira, Alteirinhos, Nossa Senhora e Tonel. The coast of Zambujeira is included within the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo and St. Vincent Coast ({{lang|pt|Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina}}), covering the various folding clifftops and small beaches/coves of the coast. In addition to the central coastal beach of Zambujeira, the beaches of Alteirinhos, Nossa Senhora, Arquinha and Tonel are geologically significant, as well as attracting summer tourists and vacationers.
=Climate=
Zambujeira do Mar has a Mediterranean climate with warm dry summers and mild wet winters. Though close to the ocean, the civil parish is not as exposed to the sea as other neighboring towns in the coast are and, as a result, temperatures are much more continentalized. Winters are cooler at night, averaging {{convert|6|C}} minima in January, and summers are warmer at daytime, averaging around {{convert|25|C}} maxima in July, August and September.
There are no climate monitoring stations at Zambujeira, but two stations from IPMA are located at about {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} from the ocean, close to Zambujeira, one in Daroeiras and the other one close to the MEO Sudoeste music festival. Climate normals for the former are expressed in the climate box below:
{{Weather box
|location = Zambujeira do Mar (Daroeiras), altitude: {{convert|106|m|abbr=on}} (1981–2010)
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|Jan record high C = 22.5
|Feb record high C = 27.0
|Mar record high C = 29.5
|Apr record high C = 32.1
|May record high C = 36.6
|Jun record high C = 38.5
|Jul record high C = 42.0
|Aug record high C = 42.8
|Sep record high C = 37.5
|Oct record high C = 36.9
|Nov record high C = 29.0
|Dec record high C = 24.9
|year record high C =
|Jan high C = 15.5
|Feb high C = 16.3
|Mar high C = 18.5
|Apr high C = 19.2
|May high C = 21.3
|Jun high C = 24.2
|Jul high C = 25.9
|Aug high C = 26.3
|Sep high C = 25.5
|Oct high C = 22.6
|Nov high C = 18.8
|Dec high C = 16.4
|year high C =
|Jan mean C = 10.3
|Feb mean C = 11.0
|Mar mean C = 12.8
|Apr mean C = 13.9
|May mean C = 15.8
|Jun mean C = 18.5
|Jul mean C = 19.8
|Aug mean C = 20.1
|Sep mean C = 19.3
|Oct mean C = 17.1
|Nov mean C = 13.7
|Dec mean C = 11.7
|year mean C =
|Jan low C = 5.1
|Feb low C = 5.8
|Mar low C = 7.1
|Apr low C = 8.5
|May low C = 10.4
|Jun low C = 12.7
|Jul low C = 13.7
|Aug low C = 13.9
|Sep low C = 13.2
|Oct low C = 11.5
|Nov low C = 8.6
|Dec low C = 7.0
|year low C =
|Jan record low C = -6.0
|Feb record low C = -4.0
|Mar record low C = -2.5
|Apr record low C = -1.0
|May record low C = 2.3
|Jun record low C = 6.0
|Jul record low C = 5.6
|Aug record low C = 6.5
|Sep record low C = 4.1
|Oct record low C = 0.7
|Nov record low C = -4.5
|Dec record low C = -4.5
|year record low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 77.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 59.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 47.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 55.1
|May precipitation mm = 34.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 10.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 2.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 2.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 25.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 83.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 91.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 104.6
|year precipitation mm =
|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 8.9
|Feb precipitation days = 8.1
|Mar precipitation days = 6.2
|Apr precipitation days = 8.0
|May precipitation days = 5.2
|Jun precipitation days = 1.8
|Jul precipitation days = 0.5
|Aug precipitation days = 0.5
|Sep precipitation days = 3.1
|Oct precipitation days = 7.8
|Nov precipitation days = 9.1
|Dec precipitation days = 10.7
|year precipitation days =
|source 1 = Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
{{cite web|url=https://www.ipma.pt/bin/file.data/climate-normal/cn_81-10_ZAMBUJEIRA.pdf|title = ZAMBUJEIRA|work = Fichas Climatológicas 1981-2010|publisher = Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera|language = pt| access-date = 20 January 2025}}
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Economy
The principal activity in the parish is tourism, although agriculture, cattle breeding and fishing are common activities for the industrial sectors of the economy. There are four ports along the coast that shelter the fishery ships in the area called Entradas da Barca. By the last half of the 20th century, rural tourism began to punctuate some of the areas of the parish, concentrated on providing quality leisure services associated with rural/farm activities.
Architecture
Visitors to the parish, apart from the beaches, can visit many of the architecturally significant buildings in the region, including the square of the Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Mar,{{citation|url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=9560 |title=Capela de Nossa Senhora do Mar (PT040211140021) |publisher=SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico|editor=SIPA|location=Lisbon, Portugal|language=pt |first=Rosário |last=Gordalina |year=2002 |access-date=6 May 2012}} and the historical fountains of Amores and Santa Catarina.
Culture
August is the primary period of cultural activities for the parish, and includes: the summer music Festival do Sudoeste starting on first Thursday of the month (situated some kilometres from the centre); on 15 August, are the religious festivals of the region, dedicated the patron saint Nossa Senhora do Mar (Our Lady of the Sea); finally, on 29 August is annual fair.
The popular event Festival Sudoeste (or simply the Southwest Festival), is one of the biggest summer music festivals in Portugal. During the four-day event, both national and international bands present concerts through the day and evening, without stopping, supported by world-renowned DJs. Past performers to this event have included many names from the world of indie and rock music including Marilyn Manson, Oasis, Ben Harper, Muse, Fatboy Slim, Doves, Basement Jaxx, and Black Uhuru.
Two organizations have been identified, the Associação Cultural e Recreativa Zambujeirense (Zambujeiran Cultural and Recreation Association) and Associação de Solidariedade Social de Zambujeira do Mar (Association of Social Solidarity of Zambujeira do Mar) which promote recreational, cultural and sporting activities in the community.
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