Boliqueime

Boliqueime is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Loulé, in the region of the Algarve.[1] The population in 2011 was 4,973,[2] in an area of 46.21 km².[3] It has an altitude of 43 m (144 ft).[4]

Boliqueime
Civil parish
Restored windmill located on Travessa do Moinho
Coat of arms
Boliqueime
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37.133°N 8.159°W / 37.133; -8.159
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityLoulé
Area
 • Total46.21 km2 (17.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,973
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Aníbal Cavaco Silva, president of Portugal from 2006 to 2016, was born in this village in 1939.

Located in central Algarve, 20 km from Faro airport it is a well preserved small village 5 minutes away from the inland typical village of Loulé and the coast towns of Vilamoura and Albufeira

  • Matrix Church of São Sebastião de Boliqueime
  • Dr João Batista Ramos Faísca street looking south
  • Misericórdia street
  • Dr João Batista Ramos Faísca street looking north

References
  1. Detail Regional Map, Algarve- Southern Portugal, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  4. Location of Boliqueime - Falling Rain Genomics


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