Alijó
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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.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
- Population
- 11942
- Area
- 297.6
- Elevation
- 760
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- São João da Pesqueira
- Official website
- www.cm-alijo.pt
- Image
- Pinhão-20140913.jpg
- Dialing code
- 259
- Patron saint
- Mary
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- Commons category
- Alijó
- topic's main category
- Category:Alijó
- postal code
- 5070
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- P8168
- Adjamé
- P11012
- Petrosia capsa
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +351-259-957-100
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Physical geography
- Ecoregions/Protected areas
- Biome
- Climate
- Human geography
- Economy
- Notable people
- References
- See also
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alijó” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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