title: Mourão
text: # Mourão
  
  Mourão (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,663, in an area of 278.63 $km^2.$
  
  ## Geography
  
  The municipality borders the municipality of Alandroal to the north, Spain to the east, Barrancos to the south-east, Moura to the south and Reguengos de Monsaraz to the east.
  
  The town has the well-preserved Castle of Mourão.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Mourão Castle
  * Street in Mourão
  * View of the Alqueva Dam from the castle
  
  ## Politics
  
  The present Mayor is Maria Clara Safara, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is February 2.
  
  ## Parishes
  
  Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):
  
  * Granja
  * Luz
  * Mourão
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Hernâni Neves (born 1963) a retired Portuguese footballer and beach soccer player, known as Hernâni
  