Alentejo Region
Alentejo Region (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐlẽ'tɛʒu]) is one of the seven NUTS 2 regions of Portugal. It covers all of the historical Alentejo Province and part of the historical Ribatejo and Estremadura provinces.
Alentejo
Região do Alentejo | |
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NUTS of Portugal | |
A typical landscape of the Alentejo | |
| Etymology: além-Tejo Portuguese for beyond the Tagus or across the Tagus (note: Lezíria do Tejo is partly of the left margin of the Tagus and partly on the right margin of the Tagus) | |
Location of the Alentejo Region in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 38.5667°N 7.9000°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Capital | Évora |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,551.2 km2 (12,182.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 758,739 (4th) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €15.157 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €21,741 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.842 very high · 5th |
| NUTS | PT15 |
| Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
The greater region is defined within Portugal by the land bordering the left bank of the river Tagus to the North and extending to the South where it borders the Algarve region. The origin of its name, "além" + "Tejo" combined as Alentejo, literally translates to "Beyond-the-Tagus". However, a large part of the subregion Lezíria do Tejo is located on the right bank of the Tagus. The Alentejo is completely located beyond the left margin of the Tagus River.
Its main cities are Évora, Elvas, Portalegre, Beja, Moura, Serpa, Sines and Santarém.