São Marcos da Serra
Civil parish in Algarve, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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São Marcos da Serra, also known simply as São Marcos, is a village and the seat of the homonymous civil parish in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve region, Portugal.[1] The population of the entire civil parish in 2011 was 1,352,[2] in an area of 166.07 km2.[3]
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São Marcos da Serra | |
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Coordinates: 37.362°N 8.378°W / 37.362; -8.378 | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Algarve |
Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
District | Faro |
Municipality | Silves |
Area | |
• Total | 166.07 km2 (64.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,352 |
• Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Postal code | 8375 |
Area code | 282 |
Website | www |
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The village gives its name to the São Marcos-Quarteira Fault, a geological fault with a length of more than 40 km, which extends from São Marcos da Serra in the direction of Paderne to the coast, in the Quarteira area, extending further to the submerged area, on the continental shelf.[4]