Beja District

For other uses, see Beja (disambiguation).

District of Beja
District
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Historical province	Baixo Alentejo
No. of municipalities	14
No. of parishes	100
Capital	Beja
Area
• Total	10,225 km2 (3,948 sq mi)
Population
• Total	161,211
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	3

The Beja District (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɛʒɐ]) is located in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Beja.

Municipalities

The district is composed of 14 municipalities:

• Aljustrel
• Almodôvar
• Alvito
• Barrancos
• Beja
• Castro Verde
• Cuba
• Ferreira do Alentejo
• Mértola
• Moura
• Odemira
• Ourique
• Serpa
• Vidigueira

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Beja district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011
PS	32.0	2	22.0	1	21.1	1	28.0	2	20.1	1	20.3	1	28.4	1	45.8	2	46.7	2	43.5	2	51.0	2	34.9	2	29.8	1
PSD	8.2						11.8		13.7	1	24.5	1	29.3	1	15.7	1	14.5		21.2		12.3		14.6		23.7	1
CDS-PP	4.2						4.1		2.2		2.0		2.3		3.6		3.9		3.7		2.9		5.7		7.3
PCP/APU/CDU	44.0	4	50.7	3	47.1	3	49.4	3	44.9	3	38.7	3	30.4	2	29.2	1	28.3	1	24.2	1	24.1	1	29.1	1	25.4	1
BE																	1.6		1.9		4.7		10.0		5.2
AD			19.0	1	22.4	1
PRD									11.6		5.7
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

External links

• Photos from Beja (district)