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Entradas is a Portuguese town/parish within the boundaries of the municipality of Castro Verde, 76 square kilometres (29 sq mi) large and with 774 inhabitants (2009). The population density is approximately 10.2 inhabitants per km².
It received its town charter from Manuel I of Portugal in 1510, and was the county seat until 1836, when it was integrated into the municipality of Castro Verde. Historically, this area has been of a major strategic role by being the old route which linked the river port of Mértola to the interior of the lower Alentejo, and also because it was the "entrance" of the Campo Braco (White Field), the grazing territory of destination for large herds of cattle and sheep from the 14th to the 17th centuries, in particular, herds of belonging to the 'Royal House'.
The town holds its annual town festival, 'Festas de Santiago' on the last weekend of July.