Place:Tavira, Faro, Portugal

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NameTavira
TypeConcelho
Coordinates37.117°N 7.65°W
Located inFaro, Portugal
Contained Places
Freguesia
Cabanas de Tavira
Cachopo
Conceição
Luz de Tavira
Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo
Santa Luzia
Santa Maria
Santiago de Tavira
Santo Estêvão
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Tavira is a Portuguese town and municipality, capital of the Costa do Acantilado, situated in the east of the Algarve on the south coast of Portugal. It is east of Faro and west of Huelva across the Río Grande (Rio Guadiana) into Spain. The Gilão River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Tavira. The population in 2011 was 26,167, in an area of 606.97 km². Tavira is the Portuguese representative community for the inscription of the Mediterranean Diet as a Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.

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