- Source: Moura, Portugal
Moura (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmoɾɐ] ) is a city and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal, subdivided into 5 freguesias. The population in 2011 was 15,167, in an area of 958.46 km2. The city itself had a population of 8,459 in 2001. It has now around 11,000 inhabitants.
The current mayor is José Pós de Mina, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is 24 June.
It is home to Moura Photovoltaic Power Station, one of Europe's largest solar-power facilities.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):
Amareleja
Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador
Póvoa de São Miguel
Safara e Santo Aleixo da Restauração
Sobral da Adiça
Climate
Moura has a Mediterranean climate with very hot, dry summers and mild winters. It is one of the driest areas in Portugal with just over 400 mm (16 in) of precipitation.
Town Twinning
Moura has cooperation agreements with the following cities:
Other towns with the same name include:
Moura, Australia
Notable people
Corino Andrade (1906–2005) a leading neurologist and researcher who first described the familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) syndrome
Eunice Muñoz (born 1928 in Amareleja) a Portuguese actress
Gonçalo Abecasis (born 1976) a Portuguese American biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan
Miguel Garcia (born 1983) a former footballer with 228 club caps
Gallery
See also
Moura IPR
References
External links
Town Hall official website
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