Alferce
Alferce is a freguesia in the Monchique Municipality. The population in 2011 was 441, in an area of 96.12 km². Lies in this area remains of a medieval fortress from Muslim rule in Portugal known in Islamic sources as حصن المرجيق - Monchique fortress.- Village with 122 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 320 metres (1,050 feet)
- Description: civil parish in Monchique
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sítio arqueológico do Cerro do Castelo de Alferce.
Sítio arqueológico do Cerro do Castelo de Alferce
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caldas de Monchique.
Caldas de Monchique
Hamlet
Alferce
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Latitude
37.33356° or 37° 20′ 1″ north
Longitude
-8.48933° or 8° 29′ 22″ west
Open location code
8C9H8GM6+C7
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place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Alferce” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Alferce”
- Catalan: “Alferce”
- Cebuano: “Alferce”
- Chechen: “Алферсе”
- Dutch: “Alferce”
- French: “Alferce”
- German: “Alferce”
- Italian: “Alferce”
- Kazakh: “Alferse”
- Kazakh: “Алферсе”
- Kazakh: “الفەرسە”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alferce”
- Persian: “الفرس”
- Portuguese: “Alferce (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Alferce”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Alferce”
- Russian: “Алферсе”
- Spanish: “Alferce”
- Tatar: “Алферсе”
- Turkish: “Alferce”
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