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Albufeira (pronounced [alβuˈfɐjɾɐ] ⓘ, locally [aɫbʷˈfeɾɐ, aɫbˈfeɾɐ]) is a city and municipality of Faro District in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 44,158, [ 1 ] in an area of 140.66 square kilometres (54.31 square miles). [ 2 ]
Amareleja holds the record for the highest temperature recorded in Portugal at 47.4 °C (117.3 °F) Temperature Location Date Recorded 47.4 °C (117.3 °F) [1]
The subsoil of the district is inhabited by several endemic species unique to Faro, some still just being discovered. [2] The most emblematic species of the underground fauna of the Algarve are the giant pseudo-scorpion of the Algarve caves ( Titanobochica magna ) [ 3 ] and the largest terrestrial cave insect in Europe , Squamatinia algharbica .
Praia da Oura is a blue flag beach [1] within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. [2] [3] The beach is in the eastern district of Albufeira in the neighbourhood called Areias de São João (Saint John's Sands). Its flanked by Praia dos Aveiros to the west and Praia de Santa Eulália to the eastern side.
Among the looted books was the first printed book in Portugal: a Torah in local Hebrew (Judeo-Español), printed by Samuel Gacon at his workshop in Faro. [ 6 ] Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the city was expanded, with a series of walls during the period of the Restoration Wars (1640–1668), encompassing the semicircular front to the ...
Albufeira e Olhos de Água is a freguesia ("civil parish") in Albufeira Municipality, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Albufeira and Olhos de Água . [ 1 ] The population in 2011 was 26,742, [ 2 ] in an area of 41.18 km 2 .
Ferreiras is one of the five civil parishes Albufeira, located within the referred coastal Algarve, occupying 2,227 hectares of the municipality's 14,066 hectare territory. [ 3 ] The parish is centred 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the coast, and includes the settlements of Alfarrobeiras, Fontainhas, Lagoas, Mosqueira, Vale Serves, Pinhal ...
The beach is one of the two beaches which front the town of Albufeira with Praia do Túnel at the western end and Praia dos Pescadores lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west 23.9 miles (38.5 km) by road of the regions capital of Faro. [3]