Barrancush

Barrancush
	Municipality
Barrancush
	port. Barrancos
Flag	Emblem
A country	Portugal
Historical area	Baixu Alentejo
County	Beja
Municipality	Barrancush
Internal division	1 district
The mayor	Antonio Terenu
History and Geography
Based	1295
Square	168.43 km²
Center height
Timezone	UTC0 , summer UTC + 1
Population
Population	1825 people ( 2001 )
Density	11 people / km²
Katoykonim	Barranquense, barranquenho
Digital identifiers
Postcode
	cm-barrancos.pt (port.)

Barranquos ( port. Barrancos , MFA : bɐ'rɐ̃kuʃ or bɐ'ʁɐ̃kuʃ ) is an urban-type village in Portugal , the center of the Beja County municipality of the same name. The population is 1.9 thousand inhabitants. The village and municipality is part of the Alentejo region and the Baixu Alentejo subregion. According to the old administrative division, it was part of the province of Baixu Alentejo .

Content

Location

The village is located 78 km east of the city of Beja on the banks of the river Sillo (the Guadiana river basin) on the border with Spain .

Distance to:

Lisbon - 198 km
Bezhi - 78 km
Evora - 94 km
Faro - 150 km
Setubal - 172 km

The municipality borders:

in the north - with Spain
in the east - with Spain
in the south - with the municipality of Mora
in the west - with the municipality of Mora
in the northwest - with the municipality of Moran

Population

The population of the municipality of Barrankush (1801-2004)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004
2094	2042	2659	3210	3429	2157	2052	1924	1825

History

The village was founded in 1295 .

Attractions

Municipal Museum of Barrancus
Museum of Archeology and Ethnography Barrancus

Economics

Among the types of economic activity, the most important are agriculture and livestock. Pork production center on the Iberian Peninsula .

Neighborhoods

Fregezia (districts) of the municipality of Barrancus
No.	Name	Original name	Number of inhabitants people (2001)	Territory km²	Density people / km²	Postcode
one	Barrancush	Barrancos	1 924	168.43	11.42	7230-000 BARRANCOS