Tavira
City of Tavira | |
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General view of Tavira | |
| Coordinates: 37°07′N 7°39′W / 37.117°N 7.650°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Parishes | 6 |
| Government | |
| • President | Ana Paula Martins (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 606.97 km2 (234.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 26,167 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | www.cm-tavira.pt/ |
Tavira (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐˈviɾɐ] ⓘ), officially the City of Tavira (Portuguese: Cidade de Tavira), is a Portuguese town and municipality, capital of the Costa do Acantilado, situated in the east of the Algarve on the south coast of Portugal. It is 28 kilometres (17 miles) east of Faro and 75 kilometres (47 miles) west of Huelva across the river Guadiana into Spain. The Gilão River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Tavira. The population in 2011 was 26,167, in an area of 606.97 km2. Tavira is the Portuguese representative community for the inscription of the Mediterranean Diet as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.