Baleizão

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Baleizão

Parish

Coat of arms

Country

Portugal

Municipality

Beja

Area

• Total

138.25 km² (53.38 sq mi)

Population (2001)

• Total

1,056

• Density

7.6/km² (20/sq mi)

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.

v t e Parishes of Beja municipality

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

Coordinates: 38°01′34″N 7°42′50″W / 38.026°N 7.714°W / 38.026; -7.714

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