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Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Algarve
- Intermunic comm
- Algarve
- District
- Faro
- President
- Rosa Palma ( CDU )
- Total
- 680.06 km (262.57 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 34 m (112 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 54.592/km (141.39/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Website
- www .cm-silves .pt
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Official website
Câmara Municipal de Silves
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Município de Silves
- Population
- 37126
- Area
- 680.06
- Elevation
- 34
- Official website
- www.cm-silves.pt
- Image
- Cidade de Silves.jpg
- Dialing code
- 282
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- Commons category
- Silves
- postal code
- 8600
- Commons gallery
- Silves
- P8168
- Eagleville
- phone number
- +351-282-440-800
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- number of viewers/listeners
- 258684
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Silves ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsiɫ.vɨʃ] ), officially the City of Silves (Portuguese: Cidade de Silves), is a city and municipality in the Portuguese region of Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population of the entire municipality of Silves in 2011 was 37,126, in an area of 680.06 km. Silves is the former capital of the Kingdom of the Algarve (1249–1910), a nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910), and is of great historical importance.
Silves is a member of Cittaslow.
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