Olhão

Infobox_Municipality_pt
official_name = Olhão da Restauração


image_coat_of_arms = OLH2.png

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Region = Algarve
Subregion = Algarve
District = Faro
Mayor_name = Francisco José Leal
Mayor_party = PS
area_total = 130.9
population_total = 42,272
population_density = 323
Parishes = 5
coor = 37º03'N 7º48'W
params = 37_03_N_7_48_W
occasion =
day = June 16
website = http://www.cm-olhao.pt
footnotes =

Olhão (pron. IPA2|o'ʎɐ̃w̃) or Olhão da Restauração is a city and a municipality in the Algarve region, southern Portugal. It is located near Faro which is the district's capital and the capital of the Algarve

The municipality of Olhão has a total area of 130.9 km² and 42,272 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 24,876. [ [http://62.48.187.117/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004] Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)] Olhão includes a mainland part and the Armona island. It borders the municipality of Tavira in the north and the east, by the municipality of Faro in the west, the municipality of São Brás de Alportel in the northeast and the Atlantic Ocean in the south.

Parishes

* Fuseta
* Moncarapacho
* Olhão
* Pechão
* Quelfes

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://www.cm-olhao.pt/ Municipality official website]
* [http://community.webshots.com/album/537732718aClpDb Photographs of Olhão]