Sines
Sign in to saveSines () is a town and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality, divided into two parishes, has around 14,214 inhabitants (2021) in an area of . Sines holds an important oil refinery and several petrochemical industries. It is also a popular beach spot and the main fishing harbour of Alentejo region.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Sines
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- 130px
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- SNS1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Sines06 edit1.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- A monument to Vasco da Gama who was christened in the parish church of Sines, and whose father was the alcade-mor of the castle
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Silves
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alentejo Litoral
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Setúbal
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 2
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Nuno José Gonçalves Mascarenhas
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 49
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 203.30
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2021
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 14214
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 7520
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Monarchy
- Republic
- Geography
- Physical geography
- Climate
- Human geography
- Economy
- Sines Port & the 'Silk Road'
- Architecture
- Civic
- Military
- Religious
- Culture
- Festivals
- Notable citizens
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Sines () is a town and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality, divided into two parishes, has around 14,214 inhabitants (2021) in an area of . Sines holds an important oil refinery and several petrochemical industries. It is also a popular beach spot and the main fishing harbour of Alentejo region.
The municipality is bordered to the north and east by the municipality of Santiago do Cacém, south by Odemira and west by the Atlantic Ocean. The coastline of the city, south of São Torpes, is part of the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park.