Lagoa

Lagoa is a municipality in the region of southern Portugal. Lagoa is one of the most important tourist areas of the Algarve. There are various factors which have contributed to its popularity, namely the variety of offerings to visitors, and the friendliness of its citizens.
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  • Type: municipality of Portugal with 23,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Algarve, Portugal
  • Also known as: Lagoa (Algarve)”, “Lagoa Municipality”, and “Lagoa, Portugal
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alfanzina Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Bert, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carvoeiro.

is a village in . , or more commonly known as Praia de , is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia in the municipality/concelho of Lagoa, about 5 km south of the city.

Lagoa

Latitude
37.1051° or 37° 6′ 18″ north
Longitude
-8.4597° or 8° 27′ 35″ west
Population
23,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8C9H4G4R+24
Geo­Names ID
8010517
Wiki­data ID
Q985519
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Lagoa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: اجوا
  • Arabic: لاجوا
  • Arabic: لَجُوَا
  • Arabic: لجوة
  • Arabic: لَجُوَة
  • Catalan: Lagoa
  • Cebuano: Lagoa
  • Chechen: Лагоа
  • Chinese: Lagoa
  • Chinese: 拉戈阿
  • Danish: Lagoa
  • Dutch: Lagoa (Algarve)
  • Dutch: Lagoa
  • Esperanto: Lagoa
  • French: Lagoa
  • Georgian: ლაგოა
  • German: Lagoa
  • Hungarian: Lagoa
  • Irish: Lagoa
  • Italian: Lagoa
  • Japanese: ラーゴア (アルガルヴェ)
  • Korean: 라고아
  • Ladino: Lagoa
  • Lombard: Lagoa (Algarve)
  • Lombard: Lagoa
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lagoa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lagoa
  • Norwegian: Lagoa
  • Persian: لاگوآ
  • Polish: Lagoa
  • Portuguese: Lagoa (Algarve)
  • Portuguese: Lagoa
  • Portuguese: Município de Lagoa
  • Romanian: Lagoa
  • Russian: Лагоа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Lagoa, Portugal
  • Spanish: Lagoa
  • Swedish: Lagoa
  • Tatar: Лагоа
  • Turkish: Lagoa, Faro
  • Turkish: Lagoa
  • Ukrainian: Лагоа
  • Ukrainian: Лаґоа
  • Urdu: لاگوا، الغرب
  • Vietnamese: Lagoa, Algarve
  • Vietnamese: Lagoa
  • Volapük: Lagoa
  • Waray (Philippines): Lagoa, Algarve
  • Waray (Philippines): Lagoa
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