Alto Alentejo is a Portuguese sub-region located in the center-east of the
country, belonging to the Alentejo region. It has a total extension of 6,230
km2, 104,930 inhabitants in 2021 and a population density of 17 inhabitants
per km2.
It is made up of 15 municipalities and 69 parishes, with the
city of Portalegre being the administrative city and one of the main urban
centers in the sub-region. With 14,318 inhabitants in its urban area and
22,368 inhabitants in the whole municipality, it is the second largest city,
after Elvas with 14,438 inhabitants, and the largest municipality in the
sub-region, being limited to the north by Beira Baixa, to the west by the
Spanish region of Estremadura, to the south with Alentejo Central, to the
southwest with Lezíria do Tejo and to the northwest with the Médio Tejo.
Arraiolos
Arronches
Castelo de Vide
Évora
Estremoz
Elvas
Montemor-o-Novo
Portalegre
Vila Viçosa
Serra de São Mamede Natural Park
Castelo de Vide
Marvão
Redondo
Reguengos de Monsaraz
Olivença, a municipality belonging de facto to the Spanish community of Estremadura, and de jure to the Portuguese region of Alto Alentejo, has been claimed by Portugal since the 19th century.
The subregion is bordered by:
in the north, the Pinhal
Interior Sul and Beira Interior Sul sub-regions
in the east - Spain
in the south - sub-region Alentejo Central
in the west - the
sub-regions of Leziria do Tejo and Medio Tejo
It was bordered to the north by the Beira Baixa, to the northwest by
the Ribatejo, to the West by Extremadura, to the South by the Baixo
Alentejo and to the East by Spain (provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres, in
Extremadura). Then, it was constituted by 27 municipalities, integrating
the entire district of Évora and almost the entire district of
Portalegre (only the municipality of Ponte de Sor was not part of the
province, as it was integrated into the Ribatejo).
District of
Évora: Alandroal, Arraiolos, Borba, Estremoz, Évora, Montemor-o-Novo,
Mora, Mourão, Portel, Redondo, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Viana del
Alentejo, Vila Viçosa.
District of Portalegre: Alter do Chão,
Arronches, Avís, Campomayor, Castelo de Vide, Crato, Elvas, Fronteira,
Gavião, Marvão, Monforte, Nisa, Portalegre, Sousel.