Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 8 km south of Torres e Cercas.

Alcantarilha

Town

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Alcantarilha is a former civil parish in the municipality of Silves, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alcantarilha e Pêra. With an area of 19.54 square kilometres the population of 2347 inhabitants is dispersed throughout the territory. Alcantarilha is situated 9 km southeast of Torres e Cercas.

Algoz

Town

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Algoz is a town and the seat of the civil parish of Algoz e Tunes in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve, Portugal. It has about 3000 inhabitants. Algoz is situated 9 km southeast of Torres e Cercas.

Torres e Cercas

Type: Locality
Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.20088° or 37° 12′ 3″ north

Longitude

-8.38831° or 8° 23′ 18″ west

Elevation

56 metres (184 feet)

Open location code

8C9H6J26+9M

GeoNames ID

2262583

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