Rio Maior
Rio Maior | |
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| 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 |
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]
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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". 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.
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