Silves | |
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| Coordinates: 37°11′13″N 8°26′20″W / 37.18694°N 8.43889°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Parishes | 6 |
| Government | |
| • President | Rosa Palma (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 680.06 km2 (262.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 37,126 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | http://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]
- ^ Detail Regional Map, Algarve-Southern Portugal, Mairs Geographischer Verlag Kurt Mair GMbH, 28 March 2003, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira: Actualização, Zairol, 1998, ISBN 972-9362-16-5