Alijó
Sign in to saveAlijó (), officially the Town of Alijó (), is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real. The population in 2021 was 10,486, in an area of 297.60 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Alijó
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Alijó
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-alj1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- Brasão_de_armas_-_Alijó,_Portugal.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Pinhão, Vale do Douro, Portugal .jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Part of the landscape of Pinhão, which motivated the classification parts of Alijó as UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Norte
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Douro
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Vila Real
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 14
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- José Rodrigues Paredes
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 739
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 297.60
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2021
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- Notable people
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Alijó (), officially the Town of Alijó (), is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real. The population in 2021 was 10,486, in an area of 297.60 km2.
==History== thumb|235px|left|The Anta da Fonte Coberta, a funerary dolmen in the parish of Vila Chã There are several megalithic structures, dolmens and castros in Alijó evidencing the pre-historic occupation of the region by semi-nomadic tribes, dating back to the 10th century BC. Many of the archaeological sites are well documented, and most of the archaeological evidence continue to be unearthed in reasonable condition.