Alqueva

Alqueva
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alentejo Central
District :	Évora
Concelho :	Portel
Coordinates :	38 ° 13 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 13 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W
Residents:	329 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	78.98 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	4.2 inhabitants per km²

Alqueva is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portel district in the Alentejo region , Portugal . The village is located in the heart of the Alentejo, between Évora and Beja , about 19 km from Portel.

The municipality is located on the Alqueva reservoir ( Barragem de Alqueva ), one of the largest reservoirs in Europe in terms of volume . In addition, Alqueva has the largest ostrich farm in Portugal.

Web links

• Map of the Freguesia Alqueva at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• http://www.alqueva.de/  ( page no longer available )
• http://www.algarve-kontakt.com/alqueva/ ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• http://www.alqueva.com/  ( page no longer available )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu