Faro (county) ( port. Distrito de Faro ) is a county in southern Portugal . Includes 16 municipalities. Included in the Algarve region . Included in the Algarve statistical subregion. Previously part of the Algarve province. Territory - 4995 km². The population is 451,006 people (2011). The population density is 90.29 people / km². The administrative center is the city of Faro .
| County | |
| Faro (Borough) | |
|---|---|
| port. Distrito de faro | |
| A country | Portugal |
| Included in | Algarve |
| Includes | 16 municipalities |
| Adm. center | Faro |
| History and Geography | |
| Area | 4995 km² (10th place ) |
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| Timezone | UTC + 0 |
| Largest cities | Faro , Portimao , Olhao , Loulé , Lagos |
| Population | |
| Population | 451,006 people ( 2011 ) ( 8th place ) |
| Density | 90.29 people / km² (11th place) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 Code | PT-08 |
| Official site | |
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Typical landscape in the Algarve
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 Municipalities
- 3 Largest settlements
- 4 See also
- 5 Links
Geography
The region borders:
- in the north - Beja district
- in the east - Spain
- in the south - the Atlantic Ocean
- in the west - the Atlantic Ocean
Municipalities
The district includes 16 municipalities:
| Faro County Municipalities | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Territory km² | A place in the country | A place in District | Number of inhabitants thousand people | A place in the country | A place in District | Density people / km² | A place in the country | A place in District | amount areas |
| one | Albufeira | 140.6 | 209 | 13 | 35,281 | 77 | 5 | 251 | 60 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | Aljezur | 323.5 | 93 | 6 | 5322 | 271 | fifteen | 16 | 266 | fifteen | four |
| 3 | Alkotin | 575.3 | 39 | four | 3411 | 297 | 16 | 6 | 308 | 16 | 5 |
| four | Vila do Bishpu | 179 | 175 | eleven | 5381 | 270 | fourteen | thirty | 229 | 12 | 5 |
| 5 | Vila Real de Santo Antonio | 60.9 | 289 | 16 | 18 158 | 136 | 10 | 298 | 51 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Castro Marin | 300.9 | 105 | 7 | 6495 | 246 | 12 | 22 | 247 | 13 | four |
| 7 | Lagoa (Faro) | 88.3 | 259 | fifteen | 22,658 | 113 | 9 | 257 | 58 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Lagos | 212.8 | 152 | 8 | 27 041 | 95 | 7 | 127 | 103 | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | Loulé | 764.2 | 19 | one | 62,295 | 41 | one | 82 | 146 | 8 | eleven |
| 10 | Monchique | 395.3 | 74 | 5 | 6441 | 248 | 13 | 16 | 268 | fourteen | 3 |
| eleven | Olhao | 130.9 | 223 | fourteen | 42,272 | 69 | four | 323 | 48 | one | 5 |
| 12 | Portimao | 182.1 | 172 | 10 | 47 189 | 61 | 3 | 259 | 57 | four | 3 |
| 13 | San bras de alportel | 153.4 | 199 | 12 | 11 205 | 187 | eleven | 73 | 158 | 9 | one |
| fourteen | Silves | 680 | 28 | 2 | 34 909 | 81 | 6 | 51 | 185 | 10 | 8 |
| fifteen | Tavira | 607 | 34 | 3 | 25 105 | one hundred | 8 | 41 | 203 | eleven | 9 |
| 16 | Faro | 201.6 | 160 | 9 | 58 305 | 46 | 2 | 289 | 52 | 3 | 6 |
Largest settlements
| Settlements in the Autonomous Region of Madeira | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Original name | Number of inhabitants people (1991) | Number of inhabitants people (2001) | A place in the country | Distance to adm. the center | The airport railway transport | Latitude | Longitude |
See also
- Faro County Municipalities