Alqueva
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Region : | Alentejo | |||||
Sub-region : | Alentejo Central | |||||
District : | Évora | |||||
Concelho : | Portel | |||||
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
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu