Torre de Moncorvo | |
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| Coordinates: 41°12′N 7°08′W / 41.200°N 7.133°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Douro |
| District | Bragança |
| Parishes | 13 |
| Government | |
| • President | Nuno Gonçalves (PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 531.56 km2 (205.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 8,572 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | http://www.cm-moncorvo.pt |
Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572,[1] in an area of 531.56 km².[2]
The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD.
Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners.[3] The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining. [1]
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
According to a study by Antonio Andrade, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges had Portuguese ancestry: Borges's great-grandfather, Francisco, was born in Portugal in 1770, and lived in Torre de Moncorvo, before he emigrated to Argentina.
Torre de Moncorvo has a Mediterranean climate with warm to very hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, depending on the altitude.
| Climate data for station 06O/03U, Adeganha, Torre de Moncorvo, 1960-1980, altitude: 188 m (617 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.6 (45.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.0 (3.07) |
76.2 (3.00) |
50.4 (1.98) |
40.9 (1.61) |
44.8 (1.76) |
43.5 (1.71) |
8.8 (0.35) |
9.7 (0.38) |
25.9 (1.02) |
55.6 (2.19) |
67.7 (2.67) |
59.9 (2.36) |
561.4 (22.1) |
| Source: APA[5][6] | |||||||||||||
