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Lagoa (European Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. [1] The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, [2] in an area of 88.25 km 2. [3] Its urban population, in the city of Lagoa proper, is 6,100 inhabitants.
Lagoa das Sete Cidades, São Miguel Island, Azores Although some lakes occur in mainland Portugal, most of these bodies of water are native to the archipelago of the Azores . A large part of the lakes present in mainland Portugal are artificial and the result of damming .
Lagoa (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ; Portuguese for lagoon) is a municipality in the southwestern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 14,442, [ 1 ] in an area of 45.59 km². [ 2 ]
Lagoa, the youngest of the municipalities of São Miguel, has a population of about 14,126 inhabitants (2008 census), incorporating the south-central parishes east of Ponta Delgada; Nordeste, literally the north-eastern municipality, well known for an abundance of natural vegetation and the highest point on the island, Pico da Vara; Ponta ...
Praia da Marinha (in English: Navy Beach or Marinha Beach [1]) is one of the most emblematic beaches of Portugal with a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, located on the Atlantic coast in Caramujeira, part of the Lagoa Municipality, Algarve, and considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the ...
The lake is situated within the caldera of the Sete Cidades Massif, an ancient volcano built on various layers of ash, pyroclasts and trachyte and basaltic lavas.It is a stratovolcano constructed from alternating phases of explosive and effusive ejecta, from dominantly basaltic pre-caldera eruptions, a trachytic caldera-forming stage and a post-caldera stage consisting of alternating trachytic ...
Praia de Benagil in Lagoa, Algarve. Benagil is a small Portuguese village on the Atlantic coast in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, in Portugal. [1] Above view of Benagil Cave. Up to the late 20th century, the village's economy was based on ocean fishing, but it developed into a tourist area with a widely used beach, Praia de Benagil. [1]
Carvoeiro is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Lagoa e Carvoeiro. [1] The population in 2011 was 2,721, [2] in an area of 11.66 km². [3] It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Lagoa.