Altura_(Castro_Marim) Knowpia

Altura
Altura
Civil parish
	Coat of arms
	Altura Location in Portugal
	Coordinates: 37°10′48″N 7°30′11″W / 37.180°N 7.503°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
Intermunic. comm.	Algarve
District	Faro
Municipality	Castro Marim
Area
• Total	11.10 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,195
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Altura is a town and a civil parish in the municipality of Castro Marim, Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,195,^[1] in an area of 11.10 km².^[2] It is a popular summer destination due to its beaches by the Atlantic Ocean. The civil parish of Altura was officially created on June 11, 1991, through detachment from the Castro Marim civil parish.

It includes the older and now defunct community of Alagoa.

References edit

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-2] "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

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Altura
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Altura Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°10′48″N 7°30′11″W / 37.180°N 7.503°W / 37.180; -7.503
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
Intermunic. comm.	Algarve
District	Faro
Municipality	Castro Marim
Area
• Total	11.10 km² (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,195
• Density	200/km² (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Summary

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