See also:

• ALEMTEJO (i.e. " Beyond the Tagus ")

ALEMTEJO (i.e. " Beyond the See also:

• TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

Tagus ")  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of central and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal; bounded on the N. by See also:

• BEIRA

Beira, E. by See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• ESTREMADURA, or EXTREMADURA

Estremadura and See also:

• ANDALUSIA, or ANDALUCIA

Andalusia, S. by See also:

• ALGARVE, or ALGARVES

Algarve and W. by the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean and Portuguese Estremadura . Pop . (1900) 416,105; See also:

• AREA

area 9219 sq. m . See also:

• ALEMTEJO (i.e. " Beyond the Tagus ")

Alemtejo is traversed by several See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain ranges, whose height does not generally rise much above 2000 ft . The See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low and sandy See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast has a length of less than 25 m. and includes no See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, except at the unimportant See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• VILLA

Villa Nova de Milfontes (pop . 'goo, 825), which overlooks the Mira See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are the See also:

• TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

Tagus, which divides Alemtejo from Beira; its tributary the Zatas, or Sorraia, fed by a whole See also:

• SYSTEM

system of lesser affluents; the See also:

• GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)

Guadiana, which, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the Spanish frontier, flows southwards through the province; the See also:

• SADO

Sado, which rises in the Serra de See also:

• MONCHIQUE

Monchique, and flows to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north; and the Mira, which See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters the valley between the Caldeirao and Monchique ranges . There are several extensive plains, notably those of Alemtejo, lying See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Serra de See also:

• PORTALEGRE

Portalegre; of See also:

• BEJA (or BiJA)
• BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia)

Beja, between the Sado and Guadiana; and of Ourique, farther south between the same rivers . Some portions of these plains are fruitful, others marshy, while large tracts are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere desolate wastes . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate in the See also:

• LOWER

lower parts of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is exceedingly hot and is rendered unhealthy in summer by the stagnant marshes . Towards the Spanish frontier the See also:

• SOIL

soil is fertile, and in the south the country is covered by extensive forests of See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine, See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut, See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork and ilex, especially on the sides of the Mezquita and Caldeiraoranges . In the more fertile parts, grapes, See also:

• FIGS

figs, citrons, pomegranates and other fruits are produced .

See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

Wheat, See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize and See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice are grown, and some See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention is given to the rearing of mules, asses, goats., See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep; while the Alter breed of horses, named after the villages of Alter do Chao and Alter Pedroso (3971), near Portalegre, is often accounted the best in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture, however, is in a backward See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, the sparse See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population being mostly concentrated in the towns, leaving extensive districts uncultivated and almost uninhabited . Droves of See also:

• SWINE

swine are fed on the See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste lands; growing to a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SIZE

size and affording excellent hams . The See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of Alemtejo is little exploited, although there are See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines and See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble quarries . Medicinal springs exist at Aljustrel (379o), See also:

• CASTELLO, BERNARDO (1557—1629)
• CASTELLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1500 ?–1569 ?)
• CASTELLO, VALERIO (1625-1659)

Castello de Vide (5192), Mertola (3873), Portalegre, Vimieiro (1838) and elsewhere . See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief among the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are the preparation of exceptionally See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive oil, and the manufacture of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, pottery and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather . Alemtejo is traversed by three very important See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main lines of railway, the See also:

• MADRID

Madrid-See also:

• CACERES

Caceres-See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon, Madrid-See also:

• BADAJOZ
• BADAJOZ (formerly sometimes written Badajos)

Badajoz-Lisbon and Lisbon-See also:

• FARO
• FARO (from Pharaoh, a picture of the Egypidan king appearing on a card of the old French pack)

Faro; while the two last are connected by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line from Casa Branca to See also:

• EVORA

Evora and See also:

• ELVAS

Elvas . For administrative purposes the province is divided into the districts of Portalegre in the north, Evora in the central region and Beja in the south; but the titles of these new districts have not superseded the ancient name of Alemtejo in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary usage . The chief towns Beja (8885), Elvas (13,981), See also:

• ESTREMOZ

Estremoz (7920), Evora (16,020) and Portalegre (11,820) are described in See also:

• SEPARATE

separate articles .