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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 944 residents
- Description: civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Luz de Tavira”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luz halt, Luz de Tavira and Varanda Halt.
Luz halt, Luz de Tavira
Railway stop
Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.
Luz halt, Luz de Tavira is a railway stop.
Varanda Halt
Railway station
Photo: Jipeman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Reinobaptista, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Rogeriodomingos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: El Pantera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 de Tavira e Santo Estêvão, Tavira, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.09202° or 37° 5′ 31″ northLongitude
-7.70447° or 7° 42′ 16″ westPopulation
944Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
8C9J37RW+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 915855180OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8199024Wikidata ID
Q2994910
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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”
- 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”
- 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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