Altura
Altura is a town and a civil parish in the municipality of Castro Marim, Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,195, in an area of 11.10 km². It is a popular summer destination due to its beaches by the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia Verde and Cacela train station.
Cacela train station
Railway station
Photo: CorreiaPM, Public domain.
Cacela train station is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km west of Altura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manta Rota and Vila Nova de Cacela.
Manta Rota
Neighborhood
Manta Rota is a small seaside town in the civil parish of Vila Nova de Cacela, municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, in the Algarve, Portugal. Manta Rota is an important tourist destination due to its sandy beaches by the Atlantic Ocean.
Vila Nova de Cacela
Town
Vila Nova de Cacela, or simply Cacela, is a town and Civil parish in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, the southeasternmost of the Algarve, Portugal. Vila Nova de Cacela is situated 3 km west of Altura.
Monte Gordo
Town
Monte Gordo is a town and a freguesia of the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, in the southeastern corner of Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,308, in an area of 4.22 km2. Monte Gordo is situated 4½ km east of Altura.
Altura
- Type: Village with 2,200 residents
- Description: civil parish in Castro Marim
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Altura, Castro Marim, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.17421° or 37° 10′ 27″ northLongitude
-7.49907° or 7° 29′ 57″ westPopulation
2,200Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8C9J5GF2+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 930352428OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2271823Wikidata ID
Q2652685
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Altura” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Altura”
- Cebuano: “Altura”
- Chechen: “Алтура (Каштру-Марин)”
- Chechen: “Алтура”
- Chinese: “Altura”
- Dutch: “Altura (Castro Marim)”
- Dutch: “Altura”
- French: “Altura”
- German: “Altura”
- Kazakh: “Altwra”
- Kazakh: “Алтура”
- Kazakh: “التۋرا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Altura”
- Persian: “التورا (کسترو ماریم)”
- Persian: “التورا”
- Portuguese: “Altura (Castro Marim)”
- Portuguese: “Altura”
- Russian: “Алтура”
- Spanish: “Altura”
- Tatar: “Алтура (Каштру-Марин)”
- Tatar: “Алтура”
- Turkish: “Altura”
- Turkish: “Alvega”
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