Quarteira
Quarteira (, ) is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality (concelho) of Loulé in the Algarve. The population in 2011 was 21,798, in an area of 38.16 km².
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Quarteira
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Marina de Cavacos, Quarteira (36887717511).jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- LLE-quarteira1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Algarve
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Faro
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Loulé
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 38.16
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 21798
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
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- Architecture
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- Civic
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- Religious
- Culture
- Twin Town — Sister City
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Quarteira (, ) is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality (concelho) of Loulé in the Algarve. The population in 2011 was 21,798, in an area of 38.16 km².
==History== thumb|235px|left|The Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila located in the area of Vilamoura The settlement of the region dates back to, at least, the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula (at one time confused with the village of Carteia). There are still other authors who suggest that settlement of the region may have begun in the era of Phoenician or Carthaginian traders.