Almodôvar
Almodôvar (Portuguese pronunciation: [almuˈðovaɾ] ⓘ or [-vɐɾ]; Arabic: المدوّر, romanized: al-Mudawwar, lit. 'the Round one') is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,449, in an area of 777.88 km2.
Almodôvar | |
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Municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 37°30′N 8°03′W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Baixo Alentejo |
| District | Beja |
| Parishes | 6 |
| Government | |
| • President | António Bota (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 777.88 km2 (300.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,449 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | Saint John June 24 |
| Website | http://www.cm-almodovar.pt |
The present Mayor is António Bota, a member of the Socialist Party.
The town's Museum of Southwestern Writing is featured on episode 1 of the three part documentary The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice, which was broadcast by the BBC in 2015, and hosted by Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver, featuring stone tables containing what some archeologists believe to be a proto-Celtic language.
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