Raposeira
Raposeira is a village and former civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, District of Faro, in Algarve region, Portugal. It is told that it is named after fox because raposa means fox in Portuguese.
- Village with 293 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 68 metres (223 feet)
- …is also known as “Freguesia de Raposeira”
- Description: former civil parish in Portugal
Places of Interest
Highlights include Igreja matriz de Vila do Bispo and Câmara Municipal de Vila do Bispo.
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Archaeological site
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Figueira and Budens.
Budens
Village
Budens is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Raposeira.
Raposeira
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Latitude
37.08329° or 37° 4′ 60″ north
Longitude
-8.8896° or 8° 53′ 23″ west
Open location code
8C9H34M6+85
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Raposeira” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رابوسايرا”
- Asturian: “Raposeira”
- Cebuano: “Raposeira”
- Chechen: “Рапозейра”
- Dutch: “Raposeira”
- Esperanto: “Raposeira”
- French: “Freguesia de Raposeira”
- German: “Freguesia de Raposeira”
- German: “Raposeira”
- Kazakh: “Рапозейра”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Raposeira”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Raposeira”
- Portuguese: “Raposeira (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Raposeira”
- Russian: “Рапозейра”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Raposeira”
- Spanish: “Raposeira (Vila do Bispo)”
- Spanish: “Raposeira”
- Tatar: “Рапозейра”
- Turkish: “Raposeira”
- Turkish: “Rates”
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Localities in the Area
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