Luz de Tavira
Luz de Tavira is a former civil parish in the municipality of Tavira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Luz de Tavira e Santo Estêvão.- Type: Town with 944 residents
- Description: civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira” and “Luz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luz halt, Luz de Tavira and Árvore isolada em Aldeamento Turistico de Pedras de El Rey.
Varanda Halt
Railway station
Varanda Halt is a railway station, which is situated 3 km northeast of Luz de Tavira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Luzia and Moncarapacho.
Santa Luzia
Town
Santa Luzia is a freguesia in the municipality of Tavira. The population in 2011 was 1,455, in an area of 8.50 km2. It is considered the "capital do Polvo" or "capital of octopus" which is a local speciality. Santa Luzia is situated 4 km east of Luz de Tavira.
Moncarapacho
Town
Moncarapacho is a former civil parish in the municipality of Olhão, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Moncarapacho e Fuseta. Moncarapacho is situated 7 km west of Luz de Tavira.
Barra do Cochicho
Locality
Barra do Cochicho is a locality, which is situated 8 km east of Luz de Tavira.
Luz de Tavira
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal, freguesia of Portugal, and locality
- Location: Luz, Tavira, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.09202° or 37° 5′ 31″ north
Longitude
-7.70447° or 7° 42′ 16″ west
Population
944
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
8C9J37RW+R6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Luz de Tavira” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Lluz de Tavira”
- Asturian: “Luz de Tavira”
- Cebuano: “Luz”
- Chechen: “Луш-де-Тавира”
- Chinese: “Luz de Tavira”
- Dutch: “Luz de Tavira”
- French: “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira”
- German: “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira”
- German: “Luz de Tavira”
- Irish: “Luz de Tavira”
- Kazakh: “Lwş-de-Tavïra”
- Kazakh: “Луш-де-Тавира”
- Kazakh: “لۋش-دە-تاۆىيرا”
- Malay: “Luz de Tavira”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Luz de Tavira”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira”
- Portuguese: “Luz de Tavira (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Luz de Tavira”
- Portuguese: “Luz”
- Russian: “Луш-де-Тавира”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira”
- Spanish: “Luz de Tavira”
- Tatar: “Луш-де-Тавира”
- Turkish: “Luz de Tavira”
- “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Junta de Freguesia da Luz de Tavira and Igreja da Luz de Tavira.
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