Silves

Summary

Silves is a municipality of Portugal^[1]. Silves has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Silves is located in Faro^[3].
• Silves is located in Algarve^[4].
• Silves is in the country of Portugal^[5].
• Silves is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[6].
• Silves's instance of is recorded as municipality of Portugal^[7].
• Silves's capital is recorded as Silves^[8].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Loulé^[9].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Almodôvar^[10].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Ourique^[11].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Odemira^[12].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Monchique^[13].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Portimão^[14].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Lagoa^[15].
• Silves's shares border with is recorded as Albufeira^[16].
• Silves's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as São Bartolomeu de Messines^[17].
• Silves's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Armação de Pêra^[18].
• Silves's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Alcantarilha e Pêra^[19].
• Silves's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Algoz e Tunes^[20].
• Silves's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as São Marcos da Serra^[21].
• Silves's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Silves^[22].
• Silves's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sidi Bennour^[23].
• Silves's postal code is recorded as 8600^[24].
• Silves is part of Sites of Globalization^[25].
• Silves's Commons category is recorded as Silves^[26].
• Silves's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Silves is in the country of Portugal^[5]. Located in include Faro^[3], a district of Portugal^[28], in Portugal^[29] and Algarve^[4], a subregion of Portugal^[30], in Portugal^[31]. Silves is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[6]. Silves is part of Sites of Globalization^[25].

Physical Characteristics

Silves covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+680.06'}^[32]. Silves sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}^[33]. Silves has a population of {'amount': '+37126'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Silves's instance of is recorded as municipality of Portugal^[7].

Why It Matters

Silves has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Silves is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]