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Rio Maior
Rio Maior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u mɐˈjɔɾ] ) is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192,[1] in an area of 272.76 km².[2]
Rio Maior | |
|---|---|
| Flag Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 39°20′N 8°56′W / 39.333°N 8.933°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Lezíria do Tejo |
| District | Santarém |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Government | |
| • President | Luís Filipe Santana Dias (PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 272.76 km2 (105.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,192 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | November 6 |
| Website | http://www.cm-riomaior.pt |
The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality. The municipal holiday is November 6.
Parishes edit
Administratively, the municipality is divided into ten civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Alcobertas
- Arrouquelas
- Asseiceira
- Azambujeira e Malaqueijo
- Fráguas
- Marmeleira e Assentiz
- Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões
- Rio Maior
- São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João
- São Sebastião
Climate edit
Rio Maior has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Rio Maior registered a temperature of 44.9 °C (112.8 °F) on 4 August 2018[4] and −6.2 °C (20.8 °F) on January and February.[5]
| Climate data for Rio Maior, 1961-1990 normals, 1984-2020 precipitation | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 41.7 (107.1) | 40.7 (105.3) | 41.4 (106.5) | 39.8 (103.6) | 34.4 (93.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 15.1 (59.2) | 21.0 (69.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 15.0 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.7 (45.9) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.0 (48.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.0 (4.09) | 72.2 (2.84) | 55.1 (2.17) | 63.7 (2.51) | 58.9 (2.32) | 16.5 (0.65) | 8.2 (0.32) | 6.4 (0.25) | 40.5 (1.59) | 96.0 (3.78) | 113.4 (4.46) | 113.8 (4.48) | 748.7 (29.46) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 85 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 81 | 87 | 89 | 77 |
| Source: IPMA,[5] Portuguese Environment Agency[6] | |||||||||||||
Notable people edit
- Duarte da Silva Marques (born 1983 in Rio Maior) a triathlete, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pedro Oliveira (born 1988 in Rio Maior) a backstroke and butterfly swimmer, participated in the 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympics
- Miguel Carvalho (born 1994) a racewalker, took part in the 2016 Summer Olympics
References edit
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552, 103-104" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "August 2018 bulletin" (PDF). IPMA. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Rio Maior Municipality. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
External links edit
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rio Maior.
- Town Hall official website
- Photos from Rio Maior