Bensafrim

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Bensafrim

Total population

952

Elevation25 m

Land area78.46 km²

Coordinates37.16°, -8.74°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bensafrim is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Bensafrim e Barão de São João. It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gil Eanes

Portuguese explorer

D

Diogo Amado

Portuguese footballer

José Sebastião de Almeida Neto

Catholic cardinal (1841−1920)

Diogo Gomes

Portuguese navigator and explorer

Júlio Dantas

Portuguese writer (1876–1962)

Pedro de Sintra

Portuguese explorer

Diogo Viana

Portuguese footballer

L

Lançarote de Freitas

Portuguese explorer

J

José Pereira Pinto

Brazilian politician

A

Anatólio Falé

Portuguese musician

Diana Silveira

Portuguese singer

G

Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira

Archbishop of Goa

P

Paulo Galvão

Portuguese musician

Soeiro da Costa

Portuguese nobleman and navigator

Adelina da Glória Berger

leading women's rights leader in Portugal

A

Afonso Caetano

Portuguese businessperson

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Faro

• Barão de São João
  2.6 mi away · pop. 370
• Espiche
  3.7 mi away · pop. 939
• Vale de Boi
  6.2 mi away · pop. 83
• Bordeira
  7.5 mi away · pop. 34
• Figueira
  8.2 mi away · pop. 196
• Carrapateira
  9 mi away · pop. 144
• Raposeira
  9.9 mi away · pop. 293
• Vila do Bispo
  10.8 mi away · pop. 742
• Marmelete
  11.3 mi away · pop. 283
• Aljezur
  11.6 mi away · pop. 340
• Parchal
  12.1 mi away · pop. 1,523
• Monte Clérigo
  14.2 mi away · pop. 23

Browse all places in Faro →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.