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Lagoa
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municipality in the Algarve, Portugal
Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Algarve
- Intermunic comm
- Algarve
- District
- Faro
- President
- Francisco José Malveiro Martins ( PS )
- Total
- 88.25 km (34.07 sq mi)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 260.3/km (674.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Patron
- Our Lady of Light
- Website
- http://www.cm-lagoa.pt
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
CM Lagoa
Sítio oficial da Câmara Municipal de Lagoa. Informação sobre o município, composição e atividades. Inclui uma agenda de eventos no concelho.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Município de Lagoa
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Algarve
- Contains
- Lagoa e Carvoeiro
- Population
- 22975
- Area
- 88.25
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Silves
- Official website
- www.cm-lagoa.pt
- Image
- Igreja matriz -algarve.jpg
- Dialing code
- 282
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- Commons category
- Lagoa (Algarve)
- topic's main category
- Category:Lagoa, Algarve
- postal code
- 8400
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lagoa, Algarve
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- different from
- Lagos
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Lagoa ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐˈɣoɐ] ) is a city and municipality in the district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, in an area of 88.25 km. Its urban population, in the city of Lagoa proper, is 6,100 inhabitants. An important travel destination, its coast has won numerous accolades. Marinha Beach was considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the 100 most beautiful beaches in the world.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lagoa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.