Cercal do Alentejo
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| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alentejo Littoral | |||||
| District : | Setubal | |||||
| Concelho : | Santiago do Cacém | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 48 ′ N , 8 ° 40 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 3362 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 137.49 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 24 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Cercal do Alentejo or just Cercal is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santiago do Cacém , with an area of 137.5 km²; and 3362 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The population density is 24.5 inhabitants per km².
Cercal was previously the capital of a district of the same name between 1836 and 1855. Today, Cercal belongs to the district of Santiago do Cacém , and received city rights on August 16, 1991 together with the name change from Cercal to Cercal do Alentejo . The place and municipality are geographically part of the Alentejo Litoral .
Serra do Cercal natural area
With a maximum height of 346 meters, the Serra do Cercal extends between the towns of Sines and Porto Covo in the west, Cercal do Alentejo in the south-east and Santiago do Cacém in the north-east, parallel to the coast. It is a formation of mountains with volcanic origin and its own vegetation. The highest point of the Serra do Cercal with 346 meters is the Monte Chaos.
history
From the 14th century, various ores (iron, magnesium, manganese) were mined in the area of Cercal. The last mine was not closed until 2000. There were a total of 5 active mines in the 20th century: Cerro da Fonte, Santa de Cima, Toca do Mocho, Serra da Mina, Serra das Tulhas and Serra de Rosalgar, which essentially supplied the Seixal steel mills . To this day, the district of Cercal do Alentejo has large deposits of iron ore.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Cercal do Alentejo at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
