Alentejo

The rural community of Castro Verde too the opened upwards spaces that characterize the interior Alentejo

 

Alentejo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽˈtɛʒu]) is a south-central part of Portugal. The source of its name, "Além-Tejo", literally translates to "Beyond the Tagus" or "Across the Tagus". The part is separated from the residual of Portugal past times the Tagus river, too extends to the due south where it borders the Algarve. Alentejo is a part known for its polyphonic singing groups, comparable to those institute on Sardinia too Corsica.

Its principal cities are Évora, Portalegre, Beja, Serpa too Sines.

Being a traditional region, it is likewise 1 of the to a greater extent than recent vii Regions of Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). Today Lezíria create Tejo subregion, formerly belonging to Lisboa e Vale create Tejo region, is business office of Alentejo NUTS II region.

 The expansive landscape of the rural Alentejo Region

History

The comarca of the Alentejo became the Alentejo Province, divided into upper (Alto Alentejo Province) too lower (Baixo Alentejo Province) designations. The modern part of the Alentejo was expropriated from the medieval provinces too historical territories of Estremadura Province (specifically the 1936 portions of the Ribatejo).

 The slightly rugged expanse inwards the interior

Climate

The climate of the part is typically really dry out for a large business office of the yr alongside summertime temperatures reaching upwards to forty degrees Celsius too mild winters. Alentejo is 1 of the hottest places inwards Europe, every bit the South inland of Spain. In Alentejo, yr temperature averages tin survive every bit high every bit 25 degrees, too 50 degrees tin fifty-fifty survive measured at that spot (Amareleja, 05/07/2010). In virtually of the territory of Alentejo, the climate is Hot-Summer Mediterranean (Csa) merely at that spot is a part, inwards the South of Beja District that has Semi-Arid climate, where temperatures are actually hot. In this business office of Alentejo, the summers are fifty-fifty hotter than the summers inwards Almeria, a metropolis inwards South Espana that has a Arid climate. Most of the yearly rainfall occurs inwards the belatedly autumn to early on spring. The biggest cities inwards Alentejo (Beja, Evora too Portalegre) are actually hot inwards summertime alongside a Hot-Summer mediterranean climate (Csa) merely they are non the hottest cities, or villages inwards this hot Region. Some studies fifty-fifty demonstrate that Alentejo is non the hottest house inwards Portugal.