Barrancos | |
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| Coordinates: 38°07′N 6°58′W / 38.117°N 6.967°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Baixo Alentejo |
| District | Beja |
| Parishes | 1 |
| Government | |
| • President | António Pica Tereno (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 168.42 km2 (65.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,834 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | August 28 |
| Website | www |
Barrancos (European Portuguese: [bɐˈʁɐ̃kuʃ] Barranquenho: Barrancu[1]) is a town and a municipality in Portugal. With a population of 1,834 in 2011,[2] it is the least populated municipality in mainland Portugal. Its area is 168.42 km2.[3]
The municipality is composed of one parish, being one of the six Portuguese municipalities composed of only one parish, and is located in Beja District, close to the Spanish border.
Among its economic activities are agriculture and livestock rising, being a production center for Barrancos ham, a type of presunto (dry-cured ham), similar to the jamón ibérico, made from Black Iberian Pig (also known as Porco Alentejano).
The present Mayor is António Pica Tereno, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition.
The municipal holiday is August 28. Barrancos is famous in Portugal for its festival, which takes place each year during the last four days of August, and where traditional bullfighting occurs in the town's main square.
- ^ Diaz-Campos, Manuel (2011). The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics. John Wiley & Sons. p. 402. ISBN 9781444393439.
I ah pesóah mái idoza de Barrancu, a mái belha falom quazi todah a ehpanhola, nãu falom barranquenhu. Agora é que ja bãu falandu barranquenhu. [...] And the most aged people in Barrancos, the oldest, they almost all speak Spanish, they don't speak Barranquenho. It's now that they are beginning to speak Barranquenho.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.