The district of Évora is located at the South of Portugal, in central Alentejp.Its physical geography is fairly uniform, with the plains dominating almost completely the landscape, interrupted only by of the Guadiana Valley, with special emphasis in the region of Alqueva, where its valley have more than 100 feet deep relatively the surrounding land.
In the district, particularly in the region of Alqueva, there is the Alqueva Dam, the largest in Portugal and Europe, built for the purpose of irrigation throughout the Alentejo and the production of electricity and where there is the largest artificial water reservoir of Europe.
The capital of the district, is the city of Évora, considered World Heritage by UNESCO since 1987, due to the fact that part between the walls of the city, keeps a lot of traces of their remote times, including monuments of different eras .
In Evora, there are several monuments and relevant places, concretely, the Roman Temple, the See, the Public Library, several churches, the Chapel of Bones, the Palace of King Manuel and the Praça do Giraldo.
Out of the city, there are several small towns of Alentejo of an unusual beauty, such as Alandroal, Arraiolos, Borba, Estremoz, Redondo, Monsaraz and Vila Viçosa.
The area of the district is 7393 km ², with a resident population in 2006 of 170 535 inhabitants.
