Quarteira

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Quarteira

Total population

16,138

Elevation20 m

Coordinates37.07°, -8.10°

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

Overview

Quarteira is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality (concelho) of Loulé in the Algarve. The population in 2011 was 21,798, in an area of 38.16 km².

Geography

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

Nearby places in Faro

• Vale Judeu
  3.1 mi away · pop. 716
• Monte Poço
  3.3 mi away · pop. 147
• Conceição
  10.2 mi away · pop. 636
• Querença
  10.9 mi away · pop. 35
• Algoz
  12.8 mi away · pop. 1,987
• Pera
  13.6 mi away · pop. 1,379
• Quelfes
  15.5 mi away
• Moncarapacho
  17.3 mi away · pop. 1,192
• Lagoa
  19.9 mi away · pop. 6,010
• Santo Estêvão
  21.7 mi away
• Parchal
  23.3 mi away · pop. 1,523
• Cabanas de Tavira
  28 mi away

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.

Recently spotted species

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Seen 2026-09-22

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Seen 2026-09-21

sea squill

Drimia maritima

Seen 2026-09-21

Southern Field Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Red Palm Weevil

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Seen 2026-09-19

Broad Scarlet

Crocothemis erythraea

Seen 2026-09-19

Common Lagoon Fly

Eristalinus aeneus

Seen 2026-09-19

Nomad

Sympetrum fonscolombii

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers