Boliqueime
Boliqueime | |
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Settlement | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Boliqueime Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 37°07′59″N 8°09′32″W / 37.133°N 8.159°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.21 km2 (17.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,973 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Boliqueime is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Loulé, in the region of the Algarve.[1] The population in 2011 was 4,973,[2] in an area of 46.21 km².[3] It has an altitude of 43 m (144 ft).[4]
Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was elected president of Portugal in 2006, was born in this village in 1939.
Located in central Algarve, 20 km from Faro airport it is a well preserved small village 5 minutes away from the inland typical village of Loulé and the coast towns of Vilamoura and Albufeira
References
- ^ Detail Regional Map, Algarve- Southern Portugal, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Direção-Geral do Território[permanent dead link]
- ^ Location of Boliqueime - Falling Rain Genomics
Parishes of Loulé Municipality | ||
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