 Finally, on 20 June 1991, the Parliament approved the change, and it was enacted on August 16.Amaraleja is situated on the right margin of the Ardila River, in the extreme north of the municipality of Moura, not far from the Spanish border; it is surrounded west by the parishes of Santo Amador and Póvoa de São Miguel, southwest by Safara, southeast by the municipality of Barrancos (parish of Barrancos) and east by the municipality of Mourão (parish of Granja).Amareleja holds the record for the hottest recorded temperature in Europe in the 21st century at 47.4 °C (117.3 °F).