Salou

Salou is a municipality on the Costa Daurada of in . It is a popular beach and vacation spot with a string of beaches and the nearby PortAventura World theme park.
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  • Type: Town with 27,300 residents
  • Description: municipality of Tarragona, Spain
  • Postal code: 43840

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dragon Khan and Shambhala.

Roller coaster
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is a steel sit-down roller coaster in the PortAventura Park theme park in Salou and Vilaseca, , . It has eight inversions, which was a world record until the opening of the ten-inversion in , in 2002.

Roller coaster
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Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya is a steel hypercoaster located at PortAventura Park in Salou and , . Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the tallest and second fastest roller coaster in Europe at the time of its opening.

Roller coaster
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is a steel launched giga roller coaster located at Ferrari Land within in Salou, , . The ride was manufactured by manufacturer Intamin and opened on 7 April 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vila-seca and La Pineda.

Town
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is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in , Spain. It has a population of 23,917. The historical name was de Solcina and since the 80's known as i Salou until Salou was segregated from on 1989, however the municipality includes the urban areas of and . is situated 4 km north of Salou.

Suburb
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is a coastal resort which forms part of the municipality of in the , in , Spain.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km west of Salou.

Salou

Latitude
41.0768° or 41° 4′ 37″ north
Longitude
1.144° or 1° 8′ 39″ east
Population
27,300
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES SLO
Open location code
8FH334GV+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1470838821
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3110986
Wiki­data ID
Q662789
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Salou” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Salou”
  • Arabic: “سالو (إسبانيا)”
  • Arabic: “سالو”
  • Aragonese: “Salou”
  • Armenian: “Սալոու”
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  • Belarusian: “Салёў”
  • Bulgarian: “Салоу”
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  • Chechen: “Салоу”
  • Chinese: “萨洛”
  • Czech: “Salou”
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  • Georgian: “სალოუ”
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  • Japanese: “サロウ”
  • Korean: “살로우”
  • Ladin: “Salou”
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  • Persian: “سالو”
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  • South Azerbaijani: “سالو”
  • Spanish: “Salou”
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  • Tatar: “Салоу”
  • Thai: “ซาลอว์”
  • Turkish: “Salou”
  • Ukrainian: “Салоу”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Salou”
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