Baleizão

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Baleizão
Coat of arms of Baleizão
Parish coat of arms
Municipality Beja
Area 138.25 km²
Population
 - Total 1,056 (2001)
 - Density 7.6/km²
Website: none

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.