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Faro

Portugal · Faro District

Faro, officially the City of Faro, is a city and a municipality in southern Portugal. It is the capital of both the Algarve region and the Faro District, as well as the southernmost city on the Portuguese mainland. Faro municipality covers an area of 202.57 km2 (78.21 sq mi) and, as of 2024, had 70,347 inhabitants, making it the second most populous municipality in the Algarve after Loule. The city proper had 46,299 inhabitants in 2021, the largest urban population in the region.

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Local time
UTC+0 · 6 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
Faro District
Main language
Portuguese
On the map
37.02° N, 7.94° W

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