Gafanha da Encarnação
Gafanha da Encarnação is a locality in Gafanha da Encarnação, Ílhavo, Aveiro District and has about 4,910 residents. Gafanha da Encarnação is situated nearby to the locality Laguinho, as well as near the hamlet Costa Nova.Photo: Otto Domes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality with 4,910 residents
- Description: human settlement in Portugal
- Also known as: “Gafanha da Encarnacao”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Costa Nova do Prado and Lighthouse of Praia da Barra.
Lighthouse of Praia da Barra
Lighthouse
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lighthouse of Praia da Barra, also known as the Aveiro Lighthouse, is an active lighthouse in the civil parish of Gafanha da Nazaré, municipality of Ílhavo, in the Portuguese district of Aveiro. Lighthouse of Praia da Barra is situated 3 km northwest of Gafanha da Encarnação.
Forte da Barra Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Forte da Barra Lighthouse is situated 3 km north of Gafanha da Encarnação.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gafanha do Carmo and São Jacinto.
Gafanha do Carmo
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gafanha do Carmo is a village and a civil parish of the municipality of Ílhavo, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,526, in an area of 7.05 km2. It is also known as Gafanha do Boi da Gafa. Gafanha do Carmo is situated 3½ km south of Gafanha da Encarnação.
São Jacinto
Village
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
São Jacinto is a civil parish in the municipality of Aveiro, Aveiro District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 993, in an area of 13.84 km2. It is situated between the Aveiro Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. São Jacinto is situated 5 km north of Gafanha da Encarnação.
Aveiro
Photo: Hector Casillas Mendez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aveiro is the provincial capital city of Beira Litoral province, nestled next to a ria, and the Vouga River delta on the Atlantic coast of Central Portugal.
Gafanha da Encarnação
- Categories: human settlement and town of Portugal
- Location: Gafanha da Encarnação, Ílhavo, Aveiro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Gafanha da Encarnação” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gafanha da Encarnação”
- Dutch: “Gafanha da Encarnação”
- Portuguese: “Gafanha da Encarnação”
- “Gafanha da Encarnação”
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