Sagres | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:VBP-sagres.png) Coat of arms | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Portugal_location_map.svg)  Sagres Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 37°00′36″N 8°56′20″W / 37.010°N 8.939°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Municipality | Vila do Bispo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.37 km2 (13.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total |  1,894 |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 8650 |
| Area code | 282 |
| Website | www |
Sagres is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the southern Algarve of Portugal. It has 1,894 inhabitants (2021)[1] in an area of 34.37 square kilometres (13.27 sq mi).[2] It is historically connected to the early Portuguese Age of Discovery.
Sagres is near the Western end of the world's longest estimated straight-line path over land, at 11,241 km, ending near Jinjiang in the People's Republic of China.[3]
- ^ "Censos 2021: Resultados Provisórios". Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ MIT Technology Review – Computer scientists have found the longest straight line you could sail without hitting land