Baixo Alentejo (intermunicipal community)

Intermunicipal community in Alentejo, Portugal

Baixo Alentejo
Intermunicipal community

Coordinates: 38°01′N 7°52′W / 38.017°N 7.867°W / 38.017; -7.867
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Established	2009
Seat	Beja
Municipalities	13
Area
• Total	8,542.72 km (3,298.36 sq mi)
Population
• Total	126,692
• Density	15/km (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	cimbal.pt

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Baixo Alentejo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbai̯ʃu ɐlẽˈtɛʒu]; English: Lower Alentejo) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Beja. Baixo Alentejo comprises 13 of the 14 municipalities of the Beja District. The population in 2011 was 126,692, in an area of 8,542.72 km.

It is bordered on the North by Alentejo Central Subregion, on the East by Spain, on the South by the Algarve and on the West by Alentejo Litoral. It covers the Eastern part of the former Baixo Alentejo Province.

Municipalities

It is composed of 13 municipalities:

Municipality	Population (2011)	Area (km)
Aljustrel	9,257	458.47
Almodôvar	7,449	777.88
Alvito	2,504	264.85
Barrancos	1,834	168.42
Beja	35,854	1146.44
Castro Verde	7,276	569.44
Cuba	4,878	172.09
Ferreira do Alentejo	8,255	648.25
Mértola	7,274	1292.87
Moura	15,167	958.46
Ourique	5,389	663.31
Serpa	15,623	1105.63
Vidigueira	5,932	316.61
Total	126,692	8,542.72

References

CIM Baixo Alentejo
Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015
^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
"Law nr. 75/2013" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic (Portugal). Retrieved 18 August 2014.

External links

Official website CIM Baixo Alentejo

Regional divisions of Portugal

North Region

Metropolitan areas	Porto
Intermunicipal communities	Alto Minho Alto Tâmega Ave Cávado Douro Tâmega e Sousa Terras de Trás-os-Montes

Centro Region

Intermunicipal communities	Beira Baixa Beiras e Serra da Estrela Região de Aveiro Região de Coimbra Região de Leiria Viseu Dão Lafões

Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region

Intermunicipal communities	Médio Tejo Oeste Lezíria do Tejo

Lisbon Region

Metropolitan areas	Lisbon

Alentejo Region

Intermunicipal communities	Alentejo Central Alentejo Litoral Alto Alentejo Baixo Alentejo

Algarve Region

Intermunicipal communities	Algarve

Autonomous Regions

All these divisions are further subdivided into municipalities and parishes.

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Intermunicipal communities of Portugal