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Faro is a municipality located in Portugal, serving as the capital city of the Algarve region in the country's south. It matters as a major cultural and economic hub for southern Portugal, known for its historic old town and international airport that connects the region to travelers worldwide.
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Official website
Site Autárquico - Câmara Municipal de Faro
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Município de Faro
- Demonym
- Farense
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Algarve
- Contains
- Faro (Sé e São Pedro)
- Capital
- Faro (city)
- Population
- 64560
- Area
- 202.57
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve
- Shares border with
- São Brás de Alportel
- Official website
- www.cm-faro.pt
- Image
- Faro aerial view.jpg
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- Commons category
- Faro, Portugal
- postal code
- 8000
- twinned administrative body
- Bolama
- topic's main category
- Category:Faro, Portugal
- Commons gallery
- Faro
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Faro, Portugal
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Faro, Portugal
- inception
- 1266-00-00
- owner of
- Estádio Algarve
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Faro
- P8168
- Soest
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +351-289-870-870
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Encyclopedic overview
Faro, officially the City of Faro, is a city and a municipality in southern Portugal. It is the capital of both the Algarve region and the Faro District, as well as the southernmost city on the Portuguese mainland. Faro municipality covers an area of 202.57 km (78.21 sq mi) and, as of 2024, had 70,347 inhabitants, making it the second most populous municipality in the Algarve after Loulé. The city proper had 46,299 inhabitants in 2021, the largest urban population in the region. Faro lies on the shore of the Ria Formosa lagoon, a protected nature reserve and hosts the region’s international airport and university.
Founded as Ossonoba in antiquity, Faro was a settlement during the Phoenician and Roman periods and later served as a Moorish port known as Santa Maria Ibn Harun. It became part of the Kingdom of Portugal in 1249 and was elevated to city status in 1540. Since 1756, following the devastation of the Lisbon earthquake, Faro has been the administrative capital of the Algarve.
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