The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Baixo Alentejo (; "Intermunicipal Community of Lower Alentejo") is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009.CIM Baixo Alentejo It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region.Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is Beja. Baixo Alentejo comprises 13 of the 14 municipalities of the Beja District. The population in 2011 was 126,692,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 8,542.72 km2.
It is bordered on the North by Alentejo Central Subregion, on the East by Spain, on the South by the Algarve and on the West by Alentejo Litoral. It covers the Eastern part of the former Baixo Alentejo Province.
Municipalities
It is composed of 13 municipalities:
Municipality Population (2011) Area (km2) Aljustrel9,257 458.47Almodôvar7,449 777.88Alvito2,504 264.85Barrancos1,834 168.42Beja35,854 1146.44Castro Verde7,276 569.44Cuba4,878 172.09Ferreira do Alentejo8,255 648.25Mértola7,274 1292.87Moura15,167 958.46Ourique5,389 663.31Serpa15,623 1105.63Vidigueira5,932 316.61Total126,6928,542.72
References
External links
Official website CIM Baixo Alentejo