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Ferreiras
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Ferreiras is a civil parish in the southern Portuguese municipality of Albufeira. The population in 2011 was 6,406 in an area of 20.13 km².

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type
parish
Portuguese subdivision.official_name
Ferreiras
Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
File:Railway roundabout Ferreiras 2 June 2015.JPG
Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
Largo das Ferreiras in the centre of the village of Ferreiras
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
ABF-ferreiras.png
Portuguese subdivision.region
Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.district
Faro
Portuguese subdivision.municipality
Albufeira
Portuguese subdivision.elevation
77
Portuguese subdivision.area_total
20.13
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2011
Portuguese subdivision.population_total
6406
Portuguese subdivision.area_code
239
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
8200
Portuguese subdivision.website
http://www.ferreiras.freguesia.pt/

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Ferreiras is a civil parish in the southern Portuguese municipality of Albufeira. The population in 2011 was 6,406 in an area of 20.13 km².

==History== From the discovery of various archeological vestiges within the territory, including the Cerros Altos region, there is a consensus that human settlement in the area occurred in the 2nd century A.D. (including the remains of forge/foundry and inscription).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ferreiras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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