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Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Vila Real de Santo AntónioMunicipality
FaroDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Vila Real de Santo António11,560 (2018)
Monte Gordo4,282 (2012)
Vila Nova De Cacela3,902 (2018)
Manta Rota1,200 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
249643
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249643:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
German:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Italian:
Vila Real de Santo António, distretto di Faro, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Russian:
Вила-Реал-ди-Санту-Антониу, Фару, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
圣安东尼奥雷阿尔城, 法魯區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Vila Real de Santo António, Distrito de Faro, Portugal
Arabic:
فيلا ريال دي سان أنطونيو, فارو, البرتغال
Asturian:
Vila Real de Santo António
Catalan:
Vila Real de Santo António, Districte de Faro, Portugal
Cebuano:
Vila Real de Santo António, Distrito de Faro
Danish:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Dutch:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Esperanto:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro
Farsi/Persian:
ویلا رئال دسانتو آنتونیو, ناحیه فارو, پرتغال
Galician:
Vila Real de Santo António, Distrito de Faro, Portugal
Georgian:
ვილა-რეალ-დე-სანტუ-ანტონიუ
Japanese:
ヴィラ・レアル・デ・サント・アントニオ, ファーロ県, ポルトガル
Judaeo-Spanish:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro
Korean:
빌라헤알드산투안토니우, 파루현, 포르투갈
Lithuanian:
Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Faro apskritis, Portugalija
Mazanderani:
ویلا رئال دسانتو آنتونیو
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro Koān
Norwegian:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Vila Real de Santo António
Polish:
Vila Real de Santo António, Dystrykt Faro, Portugalia
Romanian:
Vila Real de Santo António, Districtul Faro, Portugalia
Slovenian:
Vila Real de Santo António, Portugalska
Swedish:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Portugal
Traditional Chinese:
聖安東尼奧雷阿爾城, 法魯區
Turkish:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro District, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Віла-Реал-де-Санту-Антоніу, Фару, Португалія
Vietnamese:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Vila Real de Santo António
Waray:
Vila Real de Santo António, Faro


Municipality of Faro district.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed7.75 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed8.70 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Cacela18.7 - 7.75 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cetacea
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea8.7 - 7.75 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila_Real_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B3nio
Wikidata ID:Q750578
GeoNames ID:8010527

Localities in this Region


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