Alenquer | |
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| Town of Alenquer | |
 View of Alenquer from Praça Luís de Camões | |
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 Interactive map of Alenquer | |
  Alenquer Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates:39°03′N9°01′W / 39.050°N 9.017°W /39.050; -9.017 | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Oeste e Vale do Tejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Oeste |
| District | Lisbon |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Government | |
| • President | Paulo Sequeira Santos |
| Area | |
• Total | 304.22 km2 (117.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 43,267 |
| • Density | 142.22/km2 (368.36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | Ascension Day (date varies) |
| Website | http://www.cm-alenquer.pt |
Alenquer (Portuguese pronunciation:[ɐlẽˈkɛɾ]ⓘ), officially theTown of Alenquer (Portuguese:Vila de Alenquer), is aPortuguese municipality in theLisbon District and in theOeste region. The population in 2011 was 43,267,[1] in an area of 304.22 square kilometres (117.46 mi2).[2] The present Mayor is Pedro Miguel Ferreira Folgado.[3]
Alenquer received itsForal in 1212 by the hand ofInfanta (Princess)Sancha, Lady of Alenquer, daughter ofKingSancho I of Portugal.
Alenquer has amediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It has a total of 2763.9 annual hours of sunshine.[4]
| Climate data forOta Airport, Alenquer, 1961-1990, altitude: 40 m (130 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 43.5 (110.3) | 40.5 (104.9) | 40.9 (105.6) | 39.8 (103.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 29.4 (84.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 43.5 (110.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 21.3 (70.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.9 (51.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 84.6 (3.33) | 88.7 (3.49) | 61.8 (2.43) | 56.7 (2.23) | 44.1 (1.74) | 20.9 (0.82) | 4.5 (0.18) | 5.7 (0.22) | 23.2 (0.91) | 74.1 (2.92) | 103.6 (4.08) | 89.2 (3.51) | 657.1 (25.86) |
| Source:Instituto de Meteorologia[5] | |||||||||||||
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[7]
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