Baleizão
| Baleizão | ||
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| Parish | ||
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  Baleizão | ||
| Coordinates: 38°01′34″N 7°42′50″W / 38.026°N 7.714°WCoordinates: 38°01′34″N 7°42′50″W / 38.026°N 7.714°W | ||
| Country | Portugal | |
| Municipality | Beja | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 139.74 km2 (53.95 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 902 | |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) | |
Baleizão is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Beja. The population in 2011 was 902,[1] in an area of 139.74 km².[2]
The parish contains Monte do Olival ("Hill of the Olive Grove"), where Catarina Eufémia was murdered in 1954. She subsequently became a national icon of the resistance against the Estado Novo regime.
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