Arrifana
Arrifana is a small parish and fishing village in the Faro District's Aljezur Municipality in the Barlavento Algarvio region of Portugal. It is situated near the border between the Aljezur and Alentejo regions on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and is within the Costa Vicentina park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Aleksandr Zykov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Neighborhood with 53 residents
- Description: human settlement in Portugal
- Also known as: “Praia da Arrifana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia da Arrifana and Ribat of Arrifana.
Praia da Arrifana
Beach
Photo: Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Praia da Arrifana is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is on the western Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve.
Ribat of Arrifana
Nature reserve
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ribat of Arrifana is the archeological site of the remains of a Muslim fortification situated in Arrifana, Aljezur municipality, in the Faro District of the Algarve region, Portugal. Ribat of Arrifana is situated 3 km north of Arrifana.
Praia do Canal
Beach
Praia do Canal is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is on the western Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve. Praia do Canal is situated 3 km south of Arrifana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rogil.
Rogil
Village
Photo: Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rogil is a Portuguese civil parish in Aljezur Municipality. It lies within the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park. The population in 2011 was 1,126, in an area of 34.96 km². Rogil is situated 10 km northeast of Arrifana.
Arrifana
- Categories: fishing village and locality
- Location: Aljezur, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.29594° or 37° 17′ 45″ northLongitude
-8.86506° or 8° 51′ 54″ westPopulation
53Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)Open location code
8C9H74WM+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 142907399OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11281500Wikidata ID
Q4795977
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Portuguese—“Arrifana” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Arrifana”
- Dutch: “Arrifana”
- Portuguese: “Arrifana”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Arrifana”. Photo: Aleksandr Zykov, CC BY-SA 2.0.