Borba, Portugal

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

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Coordinates: 38°48′N 7°27′W / 38.800°N 7.450°W / 38.800; -7.450Country

PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Alentejo CentralDistrictÉvoraParishes4Area

• Total145.19 km² (56.06 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total7,333 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayEaster Monday (date varies)Websitehttp://www.cm-borba.pt

Borba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔɾβɐ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,333,^[1] in an area of 145.19 km².^[2] It was elevated from town to city status on 12 June 2009.^[3]

The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

Borba (Matriz)
Borba (São Bartolomeu)
Orada
Rio de Moinhos

Notable people

Vítor Norte (born 1951) an actor and voice actor.^[5]
Luís Bilro (born 1971) a Portuguese retired football with 411 club caps

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Público. "Portugal tem cinco novas cidades e 22 vilas". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 26" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ Vítor Norte, IMDb Database retrieved 18 June 2021.