Moura, Portugal
# Moura, Portugal

Moura (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a city and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal, subdivided into 5 freguesias. The population in 2011 was 15,167, in an area of 958.46 $km^2.$ The city itself had a population of 8,459 in 2001. It has now around 11,000 inhabitants.

The current Mayor is José Pós de Mina, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is 24 June.

It is home to Moura Photovoltaic Power Station, one of Europe's largest solar-power facilities.

## Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):

* Amareleja
* Moura (Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista) e Santo Amador
* Póvoa de São Miguel
* Safara e Santo Aleixo da Restauração
* Sobral da Adiça

## Climate

Moura has a Mediterranean climate with very hot, dry summers and mild winters. It is one of the driest areas in Portugal with just over 400 mm (16 in) of precipitation.

Climate data for Moura, 15 year period (between 1941 and 1991), 158 m (518 ft) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.1 (93.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 11.9 (53.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.1 (62.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.2 (52.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.8 (2.24) | 45.4 (1.79) | 49.2 (1.94) | 40.7 (1.60) | 30.8 (1.21) | 15.4 (0.61) | 2.8 (0.11) | 2.1 (0.08) | 17.9 (0.70) | 46.2 (1.82) | 50.9 (2.00) | 60.7 (2.39) | 418.9 (16.49) |
| Source: IPMA ||||||||||||||

Climate data for Contenda, 1971-2000 normals and extremes, altitude: 450 m (1,480 ft) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.2 (93.6) | 42.5 (108.5) | 44.1 (111.4) | 42.1 (107.8) | 40.7 (105.3) | 34.6 (94.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.9 (78.6) | 44.1 (111.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 21.7 (71.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.4 (61.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.6 (43.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.2 (52.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.6 (27.3) | −3.0 (26.6) | 0.8 (33.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | 6.3 (43.3) | 8.9 (48.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 6.4 (43.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.0 (26.6) | −5.0 (23.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 75.5 (2.97) | 61.6 (2.43) | 45.5 (1.79) | 73.8 (2.91) | 45.2 (1.78) | 26.1 (1.03) | 6.3 (0.25) | 4.2 (0.17) | 34.0 (1.34) | 70.2 (2.76) | 72.6 (2.86) | 99.1 (3.90) | 614.1 (24.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.1 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 89.1 |
| Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera ||||||||||||||

## Town Twinning

Moura has cooperation agreements with the following cities:

* Aroche, Spain, since 1994
* Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, since 1997
* Amareleja-Valencia del Mombuey, Spain, since 2000
* Medjez El Bab, Tunisia, since 1995
* Roccagorga, Italy

Other towns with the same name include:

* Moura, Australia

## Notable people

* Corino Andrade (1906–2005) a leading neurologist and researcher who first described the familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) syndrome
* Eunice Muñoz (born 1928 in Amareleja) a Portuguese actress
* Gonçalo Abecasis (born 1976) a Portuguese American biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan
* Miguel Garcia (born 1983) a former footballer with 228 club caps

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