The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Baixo Alentejo (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈbai̯ʃuɐlẽˈtɛʒu]; English: Lower Alentejo) is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009.[1] It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region.[2] The seat of the intermunicipal community is Beja. Baixo Alentejo comprises 13 of the 14 municipalities of the Beja District. The population in 2011 was 126,692,[3] in an area of 8,542.72 km2.[4]