Altura (Castro Marim)
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Altura is a town and a civil parish
in the municipality of Castro Marim
, Algarve, Portugal
. It is a popular summer destination due to its beaches by the Atlantic Ocean
. The civil parish of Altura was officially created on June 11, 1991, through detachment from the Castro Marim civil parish.
It includes an older and now defunct community of Alagoa.
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
in the municipality of Castro Marim
Castro Marim
Castro Marim is a town and a municipality in the southern region of Algarve, in Portugal. The municipality is composed of 4 parishes.The present Mayor is José Fernandes Estevens, elected by the Social Democratic Party.The municipal holiday is June 24....
, Algarve, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It is a popular summer destination due to its beaches by the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. The civil parish of Altura was officially created on June 11, 1991, through detachment from the Castro Marim civil parish.
It includes an older and now defunct community of Alagoa.