Porto Covo

Porto Covo is one of the two civil parishes in the municipality of , located along the western Alentejo coast of Portugal, about 170 km south of .
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  • Type: Village with 695 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Sines
  • Also known as: “Freguesia de Porto Covo”, “Porto Covo (freguesia)”, and “Porto da Cruz”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pessegueiro Island and Fort of Pessegueiro Island.

Islet
, literally island of the Peachtree…

Fort
Photo: Joaomartinho63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pessegueiro Island, literally island of the Peachtree…

Church
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is Baroque and Neoclassic…

Porto Covo

Latitude
37.8517° or 37° 51′ 6″ north
Longitude
-8.7918° or 8° 47′ 31″ west
Population
695
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8C9HV625+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 452809778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8013166
Wiki­data ID
Q679071
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Porto Covo” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Porto Covo”
  • Bulgarian: “Порту Кову”
  • Catalan: “Porto Covo”
  • Cebuano: “Porto Covo”
  • Chinese: “科武港”
  • Dutch: “Porto Covo”
  • Esperanto: “Porto Covo”
  • French: “Porto Covo”
  • Galician: “Porto Covo”
  • German: “Porto Covo”
  • Hungarian: “Porto Covo”
  • Icelandic: “Porto Covo”
  • Italian: “Porto Covo”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・コヴォ”
  • Kazakh: “Порту-Кову”
  • Macedonian: “Порто Ково”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Porto Covo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Porto Covo”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Covo”
  • Russian: “Порту-Кову”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porto Covo”
  • Slovenian: “Porto Covo”
  • Spanish: “Porto Covo”
  • Swedish: “Porto Covo”
  • Thai: “โปร์ตูกอวู”
  • Turkish: “Porto Covo”
  • Vietnamese: “Porto Covo”
  • “Porto Covo”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Costa do Vizir Beach Village and Praia Naturista da Ilha do Pessegueiro.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Largo Marquês de Pombal and Mercado Municipal Porto Côvo.

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