Aljustrel
Sign in to saveAljustrel (), officially Town of Aljustrel (), is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Beja. The population in 2011 was 9,257, in an area of 458.47 km2. The present mayor is Nelson Domingos Brito, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 13.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Aljustrel
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Aljustrel
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
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- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- AJT.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Aljustrel.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- View of Aljustrel
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Baixo Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Beja
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 4
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Nelson Brito
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 458.47
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 9,257
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Aljustrel (), officially Town of Aljustrel (), is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Beja. The population in 2011 was 9,257, in an area of 458.47 km2. The present mayor is Nelson Domingos Brito, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 13.
==History== thumb|center|Aljustrel in 1814 During the Roman era, Aljustrel was known as Metallum Vispascense. It was occupied by the Moors but in 1235 the town was conquered from them by King D. Sancho II.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aljustrel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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