Algarve
The Algarve is the southernmost region of Portugal, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It is Portugal's most popular holiday destination due to the approximately 200 km of clean beaches, the cool, unpolluted water, and the fact that it is relatively cheap, very safe, and overall welcoming.
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Algarve
- Region with about 439,000 residents
- …is also known as “Algarve (NUTS 3)”
- Description: NUTS 3 subregion of Portugal
- Historically known as“Al-Gharb”“Kingdom of the Algarve”
- Neighbors: Baixo Alentejo
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Latitude of center
37.2449° or 37° 14′ 42″ north
Longitude of center
-8.196° or 8° 11′ 45″ west
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Algarve” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Algarve”
- Arabic: “Algarve”
- Arabic: “الغرب”
- Armenian: “Ալգարվե”
- Azerbaijani: “Alqarve”
- Basque: “Algarbe”
- Basque: “Algarve”
- Basque: “Algarveko erregio”
- Basque: “Algarveko eskualde”
- Belarusian: “Алгарві”
- Belarusian: “Алгарвэ”
- Breton: “Algarve”
- Bulgarian: “Алгарв”
- Bulgarian: “Алгарве”
- Bulgarian: “Алгарви”
- Catalan: “Algarve”
- Chinese: “阿尔加维”
- Chinese: “阿尔加维大区”
- Chinese: “阿爾加維”
- Chinese: “阿爾加維省”
- Croatian: “Algarve”
- Czech: “Algarve”
- Czech: “Algarves”
- Danish: “Algarve”
- Dutch: “Algarve”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجارڤ”
- Esperanto: “Algarve”
- Estonian: “Algarve”
- Finnish: “Algarve”
- French: “Algarve”
- Friulian: “Dalgjarvi”
- Galician: “Algarve”
- Georgian: “ალგარვი”
- German: “Algarve”
- German: “Região do Algarve”
- Greek: “Αλγκάρβε”
- Hebrew: “אלגארבה”
- Hebrew: “אלגארווה”
- Hebrew: “אלגרבה”
- Hebrew: “אלגרווה”
- Hungarian: “Algarve”
- Icelandic: “Algarve”
- Ido: “Algarve”
- Indonesian: “Algarve”
- Irish: “Algarve”
- Italian: “Algarve”
- Japanese: “アルガルヴェ”
- Japanese: “アルガルヴェ地方”
- Japanese: “アルガルヴェ王国”
- Japanese: “アルガルヴェ都市間共同体”
- Korean: “알가르베 지방”
- Korean: “알가르베”
- Korean: “알가르브 지방”
- Korean: “알가르브”
- Lithuanian: “Algarvė”
- Luxembourgish: “Algarve”
- Macedonian: “Алгарве”
- Malay: “Algarve”
- Mirandese: “Algarbe”
- Mongolian: “Алгерви”
- Northern Frisian: “Algarve”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Algarve”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Algarvekysten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Algarve”
- Norwegian: “Algarve”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Algarbe”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Algarve”
- Persian: “الگاروه”
- Polish: “Algarve”
- Portuguese: “Algarve (NUTS 3)”
- Portuguese: “Algarve”
- Portuguese: “Província do Algarve”
- Portuguese: “região NUTS 3 de Portugal”
- Portuguese: “região NUTS III de Portugal”
- Portuguese: “Reino do Algarve” (historical)
- Romanian: “Algarve”
- Russian: “Алгарве”
- Russian: “Алгарви”
- Russian: “Альгарбия”
- Russian: “Альгарве”
- Russian: “Альгарви”
- Scots: “Algarve”
- Serbian: “Алгарве”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Algarve”
- Slovak: “Algarve”
- Slovenian: “Algarve”
- Spanish: “Algarbe”
- Spanish: “Algarve”
- Swedish: “Algarve”
- Swedish: “Algarvekusten”
- Thai: “อัลการ์วึ”
- Turkish: “Algarve”
- Ukrainian: “Алгарве”
- Ukrainian: “Алґарве”
- Ukrainian: “Альгарв”
- Ukrainian: “Альґарв”
- Ukrainian: “Альгарві”
- Ukrainian: “Альґарві”
- Urdu: “الغرب”
- Venetian: “Algarve”
- Vietnamese: “Algarve”
- Waray (Philippines): “Algarve”
- Welsh: “Algarve”
- Wu Chinese: “阿尔加维”
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