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Lagos, Faro, Portugali
Regional Level Types
LagosMunicipality
FaroDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Lagos18,831 (2018)
Senhora da Luz3,545 (2017)
Bensafrim2,004 (2017)
Barão de São João895 (2018)
Espiche400 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
249637
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249637:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
German:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
Italian:
Lagos, distretto di Faro, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
Russian:
Лагос, Фару, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
拉哥斯, 法魯區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Lagos, Distrito de Faro, Portugal
Afrikaans:
Lagos, Portugal
Albanian:
Lagos, Portugalia
Alemannic:
Lagos
Amharic:
ሌጎስ
Arabic:
لاغوس, فارو, البرتغال
Aragonese:
Lagos, Destrito de Faro
Armenian:
Լագոս
Asturian:
Lagos
Azeri:
Laqos
Bashkir:
Лагос
Basque:
Lagos, Faro
Belarusian:
Лагас, акруга Фару, Партугалія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Лагас
Bengali:
লেগোস, ফারো জেলা
Bosnian:
Lagos
Breton:
Lagos, Distrig Faro
Bulgarian:
Лагос, Фару, Португалия
Burmese:
လေးဂို့စ်မြို့
Catalan:
Lagos, Districte de Faro, Portugal
Cebuano:
Lagos , Distrito de Faro
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
لاگۆس
Chechen:
Лагос
Chewa:
Lagos
Cornish:
Lagos
Croatian:
Lagos
Czech:
Lagos, Portugalsko
Danish:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
Doteli:
लागोस
Dutch:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
Dutch Low Saxon:
Lagos
Egyptian Arabic:
لاجوس
Esperanto:
Lagoso, Faro
Estonian:
Lagos, Portugal
Extremaduran:
Lagos
Faroese:
Lagos
Farsi/Persian:
لاگوس, ناحیه فارو, پرتغال
Fiji Hindi:
Lagos
Finnish:
Lagos, Faron piiri, Portugali
Franco-Provençal:
Lagos
Galician:
Lagos, Distrito de Faro, Portugal
Georgian:
ლაგოსი
Greek:
Λάγος, Φάρο, Πορτογαλία
Gujarati:
લાગોસ, ફેરો જિલ્લો
Hausa:
Lagos
Hebrew:
לאגוס, פורטוגל
Hindi:
लागोस, फ़ारो जिला, पुर्तगाल
Hungarian:
Lagos, Faro, Portugália
Icelandic:
Lagos, Portúgal
Ido:
Lagos
Igbo:
Lagos
Iloko:
Lagos
Indonesian:
Lagos, Distrik Faro, Portugal
Ingush:
Лагос
Interlingua:
Lagos
Interlingue:
Lagos
Irish Gaelic:
Lagos, An Phortaingéil
Japanese:
ラゴス, ファーロ県, ポルトガル
Javanese:
Lagos
Kabiye:
Legɔsɩ
Kannada:
ಲಾಗೊಸ್, ಫರೋ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Лагос
Kikuyu:
Lagos
Korean:
라고스, 파루현, 포르투갈
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Lagos
Kyrgyz:
Лагос
Latin:
Lacupolis, Ossonoba
Latvian:
Lagosa, Faru apgabals, Portugāle
Lezghian:
Лагос
Lingala:
Lagos
Lithuanian:
Lagosas, Faro apskritis, Portugalija
Lombard:
Lagos
Low Saxon/Low German:
Lagos
Macedonian:
Лагос, Португалија
Malay:
Lagos, Daerah Faro
Malayalam:
ലാഗോസ്
Marathi:
लागोस, फेरो जिल्हा
Mazanderani:
لاگوس
Meadow Mari:
Лагос
Mingrelian:
ლაგოსი
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Lagos, Faro Koān
Mirandese:
Lagos, Çtrito de Faro
Mongolian:
Лагос
Nahuatl:
Lagos
Northern Frisian:
Lagos
Northern Sami:
Lagos
Norwegian:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Lagos
Occitan:
Lagos, Districte de Faro
Odia:
ଲାଗୋସ
Papiamento:
Lagos
Pashto:
لاګوس
Piedmontese:
Lagos
Polish:
Lagos, Dystrykt Faro, Portugalia
Punjabi:
ਲਾਗੋਸ
Quechua:
Lagos, Faro distritu
Romanian:
Lagos, Districtul Faro, Portugalia
Russia Buriat:
Лагос
Rusyn:
Лаґос
Samogitian:
Laguosos
Sardinian:
Lagos
Scots:
Lagos, Faro Destrict
Scottish Gaelic:
Lagos
Serbian:
Лагос, Фаро, Португалија
Serbo-Croatian:
Lagos
Shona:
Lagos
Sicilian:
Lagos
Silesian:
Lagos
Sinhalese:
ලාගොස්, ෆාරො දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Slovak:
Lagos, Portugalsko
Slovenian:
Lagos, Portugalska
Somali:
Lagos
South Azerbaijani:
لاقوس
Swahili:
Lagos, Ureno
Swedish:
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
Tagalog:
Lagos, Portugal
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Лагос
Tamil:
லாகோஸ், பாரோ மாவட்டம்
Tarantino:
Lagos
Telugu:
లాగోస్, ఫారో జిల్లా
Thai:
เลกอส, ฟารู, โปรตุเกส
Traditional Chinese:
拉哥斯, 法魯區
Turkish:
Lagos, Faro District, Portekiz
Turkmen:
Lagos
Ukrainian:
Лагос, Фару, Португалія
Urdu:
لاگوس, فارو ضلع
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Lagos
Veps:
Lagos
Vietnamese:
Lagos, Faro, Bồ Đào Nha
Waray:
Lagos, Faro
Welsh:
Lagos, Portiwgal
West Frisian:
Lagos
Western Punjabi:
لاگوس, ضلع فارو
Wu Chinese:
拉各斯
Yakut:
Лагос
Yiddish:
לאגאס
Yoruba:
Èkó


Municipality of Faro district.

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Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences22
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Lagos Portimao113.82 - 11.62 Ma (Miocene)
Partimao - Lagos Biocalcarenite2023.03 - 15.97 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Protoma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Protoma23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Nassarius
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Nassarius23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Crassostrea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Crassostrea23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Gigantopecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Gigantopecten23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Spondylus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Pelecyora
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Pelecyora23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Echinolampas
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinolampadoida : Echinolampadidae : Echinolampas23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Cetacea
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Spongites
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Spongites23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Ostreidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Pectinidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Veneridae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Phymatolithon calcareum
species
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Phymatolithon : Phymatolithon calcareum23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 4 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos
Wikidata ID:Q8673
GeoNames ID:8010518

Localities in this Region


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