- Porto Covo
Infobox_Parish_pt
official_name = Porto Covo
image_coat_of_arms = SNS-portocovo.png
image_location = LocalFregSines-PortoCovo.svg
Municipality =Sines
area_total = 48.73
population_total = 1,116 (2001 )
population_density = 22.9
website =Porto Covo is one of the two civil parishes ("
freguesia s") in the municipality ofSines ,Portugal , splitting the municipality which, until 1984, had a single civil parish. And, Porto Covo is well known in Portugal for its beaches, 160km south ofLisbon .Geography
Porto Covo which has 48,73 km² of area, and 1,116 inhabitants as of
2001 .Population density : 22,9 hab/km².Pessegueiro Island , with its fort, geographically departs from the territory of the freguesia of Port Covo.History
The
freguesia of Porto Covo was created onDecember 31 ,1984 by the desanexação ofSines freguesia.Pessegueiro Island is a part of the parish. Up to that time, it was the only one of the districts with the same name. A song ofRui Veloso took the name of these freguesias, and made it known among the Portuguese.Inheritance
*
Herdade do Pessegueiro
*Forte do Pessegueiro , includingForte da Ilha de Dentro , inIlha do Pessegueiro
*Praça Marquês de Pombal
*Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park Gallery
ee also
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List of parishes of Portugal
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