Cercal do Alentejo is a parish in the municipality of Santiago do Cacém, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,362,[1] in an area of 137.49 km².[2]

Cercal do Alentejo
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Cercal do Alentejo Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37.80°N 8.67°W / 37.80; -8.67
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alentejo Litoral
District	Setúbal
Municipality	Santiago do Cacém
Area
• Total	137.49 km2 (53.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,362
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

It was a municipality seat between 1836 and 1855. It comprises the towns of Cercal, Colos and Vila Nova de Milfontes. Its population in 1849 was 3,255.

It was raised to the status of a town on 20 June 1991 and its name was changed from Cercal to Cercal do Alentejo.

Being located within 15 miles of the beaches of the Alentejo coast, it has a temperate climate which gives it one of the most diverse fauna and flora in Southwest Alentejo.

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