Baleizão
Encyclopedia
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.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
parish
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
of the municipality
Municipalities of Portugal
In Portugal, municipality or concelho is the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country.Portugal has an entirely separate system of cities and towns. Cities and towns are located in municipalities, but often do not have the same boundaries, even if built-up is continuous...
of Beja
Beja (Portugal)
Beja is a city in the Beja Municipality in the Alentejo region, Portugal. The municipality has a total area of 1,147.1 km² and a total population of 34,970 inhabitants. The city proper has a population of 21,658....
. 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
Catarina Eufémia
Catarina Efigénia Sabino Eufémia was an illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike by lieutenant Carrajola of the Guarda Nacional Republicana in Monte do Olival, Baleizão, in Beja, Alentejo...
was murdered in 1954. She subsequently became a national icon of the resistance against the Estado Novo regime.