Santiago do Escoural, also Escoural, is a civil parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, in the district of Évora, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,335,[1] in an area of 138.70 km².[2]

Santiago do Escoural
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Santiago do Escoural Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 38.542°N 8.168°W / 38.542; -8.168
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alentejo Central
District	Évora
Municipality	Montemor-o-Novo
Area
• Total	138.70 km2 (53.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,335
• Density	9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

The Escoural cave is a couple kilometres from the town. The cave is known for its Paleolithic rock art and burial site.

References

This Évora location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

На других языках

[de] Santiago do Escoural

[es] Santiago do Escoural

[ru] Сантьягу-ду-Эшкорал