Mértola

Mértola, officially the Town of Mértola, is a town and municipality in southeastern Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2011, the population was 7,274, in an area of approximately 1,292.87 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Town with 1,330 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: Mertola Municipality” and “Mértola Municipality
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Mertola and Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação.

Castle
The Castle of Mértola is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish and municipality of Mértola, in the district of Beja.

Church
The is a 12th-century church and former mosque in the civil parish of Mértola in the municipality of Mértola, in the Alentejo.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Mértola

Latitude
37.64204° or 37° 38′ 31″ north
Longitude
-7.66065° or 7° 39′ 38″ west
Population
1,330
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT MTL
Open location code
8C9JJ8RQ+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255654259
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2266442
Wiki­data ID
Q551056
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Mértola” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بلدية مارتلة
  • Arabic: مارتلة
  • Arabic: مرتولا
  • Asturian: Mértola
  • Azerbaijani: Mertola
  • Basque: Mértola
  • Belarusian: Мэртала
  • Catalan: Martulah
  • Catalan: Mertola
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  • Cebuano: Mértola
  • Chechen: Мертола
  • Chinese: Mértola
  • Chinese: 梅爾圖拉
  • Czech: Mértola
  • Danish: Mértola
  • Dutch: Mertola (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Mertola
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  • Esperanto: Mértola
  • Finnish: Mértola
  • French: Mertola
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  • Galician: Mértola
  • German: Mertola
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  • Irish: Mértola
  • Italian: Mértola
  • Japanese: メルトゥラ
  • Japanese: メルトラ
  • Lombard: Mértola
  • Macedo-Romanian: Mértola
  • Malay: Mértola
  • Min Nan Chinese: Mértola
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mértola
  • Norwegian: Mértola
  • Novial: Mertola
  • Polish: Mertola
  • Polish: Mértola
  • Portuguese: Mārtula
  • Portuguese: Mértola
  • Portuguese: Município de Mértola
  • Russian: Мертола
  • Serbian: Mertola
  • Spanish: Mertola
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  • Swedish: Mértola
  • Tatar: Мертола
  • Thai: แมร์ตูลา
  • Turkish: Mértola
  • Ukrainian: Мертола
  • Vietnamese: Mértola
  • Volapük: Mértola
  • Waray (Philippines): Mértola Municipality
  • Waray (Philippines): Mértola
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