Faro District

Faro District
—  District  —
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
Historical province	Algarve
No. of municipalities	16
No. of parishes	84
Capital	Faro
Area
– Total	4.960 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population
– Total	458.734
– Density	92.5/km2 (239.5/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	9

Faro District (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaɾu], Portuguese: Distrito de Faro) is the southernmost district of Portugal, coincident with the Algarve. The administrative centre, or capital, is the city of Faro.

Municipalities

The district is composed of 16 municipalities:

• Albufeira
• Alcoutim
• Aljezur
• Castro Marim
• Faro
• Lagoa
• Lagos
• Loulé
• Monchique
• Olhão
• Portimão
• São Brás de Alportel
• Silves
• Tavira
• Vila do Bispo
• Vila Real de Santo António

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

e • d Summary of election results from Faro district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011
PS	44.6	6	34.0	3	34.7	4	43.2	5	22.3	2	24.9	3	31.2	3	49.6	5	48.4	5	40.5	4	49.3	6	31.9	3	23.0	2
PSD	19.3	2					23.1	2	28.4	3	46.7	5	50.8	5	29.2	3	29.5	3	37.7	4	24.6	2	26.2	3	37.0	4
CDS-PP	6.8						7.4		6.1		3.1		2.8		8.3		7.3		8.3		5.8		10.7	1	12.7	1
PCP/APU/CDU	14.5	1	20.3	2	16.7	1	18.6	2	15.4	2	10.9	1	7.2		7.8		8.3		6.3		6.9		7.8		8.6	1
BE																	2.3		2.8		7.7		15.3	1	8.2	1
AD			34.6	4	37.2	4
PRD									20.5	2	6.3
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições