Silves, Portugal

Silves
Flag of Silves
Coat of arms of Silves
Coordinates: 37°11′13″N 8°26′20″W / 37.18694°N 8.43889°W / 37.18694; -8.43889
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
Parishes6
Government
 • PresidentRosa Palma (CDU)
Area
 • Total680.06 km2 (262.57 sq mi)
Elevation
34 m (112 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total37,126
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitehttp://www.cm-silves.pt

Silves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsilvɨʃ] ) is a city and municipality in the Portuguese region of Algarve, in southern Portugal.[1] The population of the entire municipality of Silves in 2011 was 37,126,[2] in an area of 680.06 km2.[3] The urbanized area of the city proper has approximately 11,000 inhabitants. Silves is the former capital of the Kingdom of the Algarve (1249–1910), a nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910), and is of great historical importance.[4]

  1. ^ Detail Regional Map, Algarve-Southern Portugal, Mairs Geographischer Verlag Kurt Mair GMbH, 28 March 2003, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  4. ^ Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira: Actualização, Zairol, 1998, ISBN 972-9362-16-5

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