Faro
municipality in Portugal
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Summary
Faro is a municipality of Portugal[1]. Faro ranks in the top 3% of municipality of portugal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,645 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Faro[3]
- Country: Portugal[4]
- Head of government: Rogério Bacalhau[5]
- Capital: Faro (city)[6]
- Shares border with: Loulé[7], Olhão[8], São Brás de Alportel[9]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Santa Bárbara de Nexe[10], Montenegro[11], Conceição e Estoi[12], Faro (Sé e São Pedro)[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Málaga[14], Tangier[15], Praia[16], Macau[17], Bayonne[18], Huelva[19], Bolama[20], Príncipe[21], Passau[22]
- Postal code: 8000[23]
- Commons category: Faro, Portugal[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[25]
- Inception: 1266[26]
- Official website: https://www.cm-faro.pt/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Faro, Portugal[28]
- Commons gallery: Faro[29]
- Email address: mailto:geral@cm-faro.pt[30]
- Population: 64,560[31]
- Phone number: +351-289-870-870[32]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35]
- Capital of: Algarve[36], Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve[37]
- Official name: Município de Faro[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Faro, Portugal[39]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Faro, Portugal[40]
- Demonym: farense[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Faro, Portugal[42]
- Owner of: Estádio Algarve[43]
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Physical Characteristics
Faro covers an area of 202.57 km²[44]. Faro sits at an elevation of 10 m[45].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Faro include Faro Airport[46], an international airport[47], in Portugal[48].
Why It Matters
Faro has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Faro is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for Faro include Faro Airport[46], an international airport[47], in Portugal[48].