Alferce
Sign in to saveAlferce is a freguesia (parish) in the Monchique Municipality (Algarve, Portugal). The population in 2011 was 441, in an area of 96.12 km².
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Alferce
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- MCQ-alferce.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Faro
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Monchique
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 96.12
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 441
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.website
- http://www.jf-alferce.pt/
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- freguesia of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Monchique
- Population
- 391
- Area
- 95.31
- Elevation
- 182
- Official website
- www.jf-alferce.pt
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- Commons category
- Alferce
- P8168
- arch-gravity dam
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alferce is a freguesia (parish) in the Monchique Municipality (Algarve, Portugal). The population in 2011 was 441, in an area of 96.12 km².
Lies in this area remains of a medieval fortress from Muslim rule in Portugal known in Islamic sources ( Hillah Sirah of Ibn Abbar & others ) as حصن المرجيق - Monchique fortress.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alferce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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