Vila Nova de Cacela

Civil parish in Algarve, Portugal
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37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°W / 37.174; -7.534Country PortugalRegionAlgarveIntermunic. comm.AlgarveDistrictFaroMunicipalityVila Real de Santo AntónioArea
 • Total46.03 km2 (17.77 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,903 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Vila Nova de Cacela, or simply Cacela, is a town and Civil parish in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, the southeasternmost of the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,903,[1] in an area of 46.03 km².[2] Cacela is an exclave of the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, one of only three in Portugal to have exclaves.

A lagoon and popular beaches exist by the coast of this civil parish. It is also the site of the eighteenth-century Fortaleza de Cacela.

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
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Parishes of Vila Real de Santo António Municipality
  • Monte Gordo
  • Vila Nova de Cacela
  • Vila Real de Santo António


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