Viana do Castelo District
Viana do Castelo
Afife

Afife

Afife is a civil parish located in the municipality of Viana do Castelo. The population in 2011 was 1,632, in an area of 13.03 km2.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cividade de Âncora and Montedor Lighthouse.

Archaeological site
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The is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in Afife and Âncora, at the border of the municipalities of and .

Lighthouse
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The is located on the Atlantic Ocean on a promontory in the parish of Carreço in the municipality of in Portugal. It is the northernmost lighthouse in Portugal, situated 4 nautical miles north of the mouth of the and 7 nautical miles south of the mouth of the Minho River. is situated 3 km south of Afife.

Archaeological site
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The , also known as Dolmen da Barrosa and Lapa dos Mouros, is located in the freguesia of , municipality of , , in . is situated 3½ km north of Afife.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Âncora and Vila Praia de Âncora.

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a town and a civil parish in the municipality of in . It covers an area of 8.37 square kilometres and had 4,623 residents as of 2021. is situated 4 km north of Afife.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Afife.

Afife

Latitude
41.77859° or 41° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
-8.86087° or 8° 51′ 39″ west
Population
1,630
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
8CHHQ4HQ+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1390246859
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2743377
Wiki­data ID
Q383264
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Afife” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Afife”
  • Bulgarian: “Афифе”
  • Cebuano: “Afife”
  • Chechen: “Афифе”
  • Chinese: “Afife”
  • Dutch: “Afife”
  • French: “Afife”
  • German: “Afife”
  • Kazakh: “Афифе”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Afife”
  • Portuguese: “Afife”
  • Russian: “Афифе”
  • Spanish: “Afife”
  • Tatar: “Афифе”
  • Turkish: “Afife (Portekiz)”
  • Turkish: “Afife (viana do castelo)”
  • Turkish: “Afife (Viana Do Castelo)”
  • Turkish: “Afife”
  • “Afife”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Afife”. Photo: a m, CC BY 2.0.