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5 unusual facts about Béja


Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Qalaṣādī

al-Qalasādī eventually left his homeland and took refuge with his family in Béja, Tunisia, where he died in 1486.

Béja

According to Sallust, who relates the details of the Jugurthine War between Jugurtha and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus to possess Beja, Beja was the wealthiest warehouse of the kingdom and the center of intense commerce.

Georges Adda

In April 1940, he was placed under house arrest at Zaghouan, then at Béja where he stayed until November 13, 1943, when he fled to neighbouring Algeria.

Olympique Béja

l'Olympique de Béja (Arabic: الأولمبي الباجي, translated to the Olympic of Béja and often referred to as OB) is a football club from Béja in Tunisia.

The team plays in red and white colors and its ground is the Municipal stadium of Béja which has a capacity of 15,000 spectators.


André Filipe Saraiva Martins

André Filipe Saraiva Martins (born 26 March 1987 in Ferreira do Alentejo, Beja) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Atlético Huila in Colombia, as a forward.

Beni-Amer people

It was formed in the fourteenth century AD from a fusion of the Beja and the Tigre.

Guy Bono

Guy Bono (born 30 April 1953 in Béja, Béja Governorate, Tunisia) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France.

João de Deus

In 1862 he left Coimbra for Beja, where he was appointed editor of O Bejense, the chief newspaper in the province of Alentejo, and four years later he edited the Folha do Sul.

Mértola Municipality

The municipality is composed of 9 parishes and is located in the southeastern part of the District of Beja, in the Lower Alentejo region.

Paio Peres Correia

During the reign of Sancho II of Portugal, and from 1228 he conducted a military campaign against the Moors in the region of Alentejo, conquering Aljustrel, Alvalade, Juromenha, Beja and Mértola.

Tonicha

Tonicha (born Antónia de Jesus Montes Tonicha on 8 March 1946, in Beja, Alentejo) is a Portuguese Popular music / folk singer.

Torrão

It's in the limits of this parish that stand united the Setúbal, Évora and Beja districts and therefore the NUTS III Alentejo Litoral, Alentejo Central e Baixo Alentejo.

Torrão has borders with the Viana do Alentejo municipality, in the northeast, from the Évora district, by Alvito, East and Ferreira do Alentejo, south, in the Beja district and Grândola, aouth and west, also in the district of Setúbal.


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