Baleizão

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Baleizão
Coat of arms of Baleizão
Parish coat of arms
Municipality Beja
Area 138.25 km²
Population
 - Total
 - Density

1,056 (2001)
7.6/km²
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Baleizão is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Beja. It is 138.25 km² in area, with 1,056 inhabitants as of 2001.

The parish contains Monte do Olival ("Hill of the Olive Grove"), where Catarina Eufémia was murdered in 1954. She subsequently became a national icon of the resistance against the Estado Novo regime.



 
Parishes of Beja municipality
Coat of arms of Beja
Albernoa | Baleizão | Beringel | Cabeça Gorda | Mombeja | Nossa Senhora das Neves | Quintos | Salvada | Salvador | Santa Clara de Louredo
Santa Maria da Feira | Santa Vitória | Santiago Maior | São Brissos | São João Baptista | São Matias | Trigaches | Trindade


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