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Portimão

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Also known as Portimão Municipality, Vila Nova de Portimão

Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. 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 is a city located in the Algarve region of southern Portugal with a population of around 63,000 people, making it one of the two largest population centers in the Algarve. Once known historically as a fishing and shipbuilding hub, it has developed into a major tourist destination focused on its beaches and coastal attractions.

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Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.type
municipality
Portuguese subdivision.official_name
Portimão
Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
File:Pt-ptm1.png
Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
no
Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
PTM.png
Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
Interactive map of Portimão
Portuguese subdivision.region
Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Algarve
Portuguese subdivision.district
Faro
Portuguese subdivision.parishes
3
Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
Álvaro Miguel Bila
Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
PS
Portuguese subdivision.area_total
182.06
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2021
Portuguese subdivision.population_total
63079
Portuguese subdivision.patron
Imaculada Conceição
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
8500
Portuguese subdivision.website
http://www.cm-portimao.pt

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Câmara Municipal de Portimão

Portal da Autarquia de Portimão

cm-portimao.pt

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Encyclopedic overview

32 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • Antiquity
  • Middle Ages
  • Kingdom
  • Republic
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Human geography
  • Economy
  • Architecture
  • Prehistoric
  • Civic
  • Main attractions
  • Igreja Matriz de Portimão
  • Forte de Santa Catarina
  • Portimão Museum
  • Marina de Portimão
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Team sports
  • Sailing
  • Powerboating
  • Motorsport
  • Rhythmic gymnastics
  • Scuba diving
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • Town twinning
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. 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.

==History==

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

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