Santa Luzia

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Santa Luzia

Total population

1,490

Land area4.46 km²

Coordinates37.10°, -7.66°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Santa Luzia is a freguesia (parish) in the municipality of Tavira. The population in 2011 was 1,455, in an area of 8.50 km2. It is considered the "capital do Polvo" or "capital of octopus" which is a local speciality.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

F

Felipa de Souza

Luso-Brazilian activist

G

Gaspar Corte-Real

Portuguese explorer

S

Solomon Abenaes

Portuguese businessperson, goldsmith and diplomat

A

Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi

Ra'îs of Manûrqa

Roger Flores

French officer (1916-1971)

F

Fernando Livramento

Portuguese footballer

A

Abû 'Umar ibn Sa'îd

Majorcan ruler

Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real

Portuguese politician

A

Alberto Judice Leote Cavaco

Portuguese botanist and lichenologist (1915-2001)

A

António Henrique Balté

Portuguese poet (1906-1992)

António Pinheiro

Portuguese actor

E

Eduardo Pavia de Magalhães

Portuguese guitarist, composer and conductor

F

Fernando António Soares de Noronha

Portuguese colonial administrator

F

Filipe de Valadares Sotomaior

Joaquim José Coelho de Carvalho

Portuguese writer

J

Jorge Corvo

Portuguese cyclist

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

Nearby places in Faro

• Moncarapacho
  7.1 mi away · pop. 1,192
• Quelfes
  9.3 mi away
• Conceição
  14.4 mi away · pop. 636
• Azinhal
  16.7 mi away · pop. 271
• Querença
  19.1 mi away · pop. 35
• Vale Judeu
  24 mi away · pop. 716
• Monte Poço
  24.5 mi away · pop. 147
• Algoz
  35.5 mi away · pop. 1,987
• Pera
  37.5 mi away · pop. 1,379
• Lagoa
  43.7 mi away · pop. 6,010
• Parchal
  47.2 mi away · pop. 1,523
• Aljezur
  64.6 mi away · pop. 340

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

false yellowhead

Dittrichia viscosa

Seen 2026-10-16

Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca

Seen 2026-10-15

African Grass Blue

Zizeeria knysna

Seen 2026-10-15

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Seen 2026-10-15

discrete chaperon

Cymbalophora pudica

Seen 2026-10-15

Ipsilon Dart Moth

Agrotis ipsilon

Seen 2026-10-15

Helcystogramma lamprostoma

Helcystogramma lamprostoma

Seen 2026-10-15

Petite Wave

Scopula minorata

Seen 2026-10-15

Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Zelus renardii

Seen 2026-10-14

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