Vaqueiros (Alcoutim)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Algarve | |||||
Sub-region : | Algarve | |||||
District : | Faro | |||||
Concelho : | Alcoutim | |||||
Coordinates : | 37 ° 23 ′ N , 7 ° 44 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 497 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 143.94 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 3.5 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 8970-370 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Daniel João Valente das Neves ( PS ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vaqueiros Rua do Alecrim, 6 8970-370 Vaqueiros |
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Website: | www.jf-vaqueiros.pt |
Vaqueiros is a town and municipality in the Algarve in southern Portugal .
history
In local mines people have mined ores, especially copper, since prehistoric times. There is evidence of mining in the various mines of the Cova dos Mouros from the Copper Age to the Romans .
Vaqueiros has been an independent municipality since at least the 16th century.
administration
Vaqueiros is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Alcoutim in the Faro district . 497 inhabitants live here on an area of 144 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following villages and towns are in the municipality of Vaqueiros:
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Web links
Commons : Vaqueiros - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the municipality of Vaqueiros
- Vaqueiros website at the Alcoutim district administration
- Entry on vaqueiros at the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Entry of the Parque Mineiro da Cova dos Mouros excavation site in the Portuguese SIPA list of monuments, accessed on December 30, 2016
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Vaqueiros in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 30, 2016