Portimão
Municipality in Algarve, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the civil parish or wine, see Portimão (parish) and Portimão DOC.
For the nearby motor racing course, see Algarve International Circuit.
Portimão ([puɾtiˈmɐ̃ũ̯] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.[1] The population in 2022 was 60,879,[2] in an area of 182.06 km2.[3] It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In 1924, it was incorporated as a cidade and became known merely as Portimão. Historically a fishing and shipbuilding centre, it has nonetheless developed into a strong tourist centre oriented along its beaches and southern coast. The two largest population centers in the Algarve are Portimão and Faro.
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Portimão | |
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Coordinates: 37°8′13″N 8°32′18″W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Algarve |
Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
District | Faro |
Parishes | 3 |
Government | |
• President | Álvaro Miguel Bila (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 182.06 km2 (70.29 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 55,614 |
• Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Postal code | 8500 |
Patron | Imaculada Conceição |
Website | http://www.cm-portimao.pt |
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