Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Alentejo
- Intermunic comm
- Baixo Alentejo
- District
- Beja
- President
- Francisco José Caldeira Duarte ( CDU )
- Total
- 569.44 km (219.86 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 234 m (768 ft)
- Density
- 12.78/km (33.09/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Patron
- São Pedro
- Website
- www .cm-castroverde .pt
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Castro Verde ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʃtɾu ˈveɾðɨ] ) is a municipality of the Alentejo region of Portugal (in the historic district of Beja). The population in 2011 was 7,276, in an area of 569.44 km. Castro Verde is situated in the Baixo Alentejo subregion, within a territory known locally as the Campo Branco (English: White Plains). The municipality can be recognized by the local municipal markers along its borders, that appear within its borders to denote its reference as A Window on the Plains; municipal markers appear as stylized house profiles, with an exaggerated window that allows the visitor to see through into the panorama.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castro Verde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.