See Also: Alentejo(encyclopedia)

Alentejo (sh)




formerly Alemtejo

Historical province, Portugal.

Lying southeast of the Tagus River, it borders Spain and the Atlantic Ocean. The region produces two-thirds of the world's cork. Until the Portuguese revolution of 1974, Alentejo contained vast estates, mostly owned by absentee landlords; many have since been divided among the Alentejanos.