Serpa
Sign in to saveSerpa () is a municipality in the district of Beja in southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,623, in an area of . The Guadiana River flows close to the town of Serpa.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Serpa
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-srp1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- SRP.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Serpa1 edited.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- View of Serpa
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Serpa
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Baixo Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Beja
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 5
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- CDU
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- João Manuel Silva
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 1105.63
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 15,623
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.holiday
- Holy Tuesday (date varies)
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Serpa () is a municipality in the district of Beja in southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,623, in an area of . The Guadiana River flows close to the town of Serpa.
== History == 235px|left|thumb|Aqueduct in Serpa thumb|left|235px|Castle of Serpa Serpa has its origins in early settlement that preceded the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula. The neighbouring town of Beja (known as Pax Julia by the Romans) became the capital of southern Lusitanian (Pacensis). Serpa grew through the settlement of Roman colonists, with proof coming from various archaeological remains within the Roman villa.