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BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 659 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BEC-BER
BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia) , the
capital
  of an administrative
district
  formerly included in the province of
Alemtejo
 , Portugal; situated 95 M. S.S.E. of
Lisbon
  by the
Lisbon
 -Faro railway, and at the head of a branch line to Pias e Orada (3855), 26 M. E. Pop. (1900) 8885. Beja is an episcopal city, built on an isolated hill, and partly enclosed by walls of Roman origin; on the
south
  it has a fine Roman gateway. Its
cathedral
  is modern, but the citadel, with its beautiful
Gothic
  tower of white
marble
 , was founded by King Diniz (1279-1325). The city is surrounded by far-reaching plains, known as the Campo de Beja, and devoted partly to the cultivation of
grain
  and fruit, partly to the breeding of cattle and pigs; copper, iron and manganese are also
mined
  to a small extent, and Beja is the central market for all these products. Cloth, pottery and olive oil are manufactured in the city.
The administrative
district
  of Beja, the largest and most thinly-populated district in Portugal, coincides with the southern part of
Alemtejo
  (q.v.); pop. (1900) 163,612; area, 3958 sq. m.; 41.3 inhabitants per sq. m.


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