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Rio Maior

Coordinates: 39°20′N 8°56′W / 39.333°N 8.933°W / 39.333; -8.933
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Rio Maior
Flag of Rio Maior
Coat of arms of Rio Maior
Coordinates: 39°20′N 8°56′W / 39.333°N 8.933°W / 39.333; -8.933
Country Portugal
RegionOeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.Lezíria do Tejo
DistrictSantarém
Parishes10
Government
 • PresidentLuís Filipe Santana Dias (PSD)
Area
 • Total272.76 km2 (105.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total21,192
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidayNovember 6
Websitewww.cm-riomaior.pt

Rio Maior (European 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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552, 103-104" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ^ "August 2018 bulletin" (PDF). IPMA. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Rio Maior Municipality. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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