- Tunes (Silves)
Tunes is a Portuguese Parish in the Municipality (
concelho ) ofSilves . It has an area of 12.13 km², has a population of ca. 2,002 (2001), and a population density of 166.7 hab/km².Some historians think that the local area was originally inhabited by people from
Tunis inTunisia , hence the name "Tunes".The town is most noted for a train station.
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