Faro

municipality in Portugal
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_portugal Q159457
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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]

Body

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].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . cm-faro.pt. Retrieved . cm-faro.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . mapas.ine.pt. Retrieved . mapas.ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . cm-faro.pt. Retrieved . cm-faro.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . files.diariodarepublica.pt. files.diariodarepublica.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . ine.pt. Retrieved . ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Cardabela4831 · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Algarve, Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Capital of: Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve"
  2. 14w ago · Puscas · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Faro aerial view.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Vista aerea de Faro, Portugal - 12.04.2023.jpg"
  3. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Faro (city)
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Faro, Portugal
    Capital of → Algarve, Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve
    Coordinates → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||lv */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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