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![Hierarchy of Faro (national district)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Faro (national district) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.2000 decimal degrees |
Long: 008 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -8.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Coextensive with former Algarve province; former base of Henry the Navigator; beaches & mild weather attract tourists; district contains deposits of tin, lead, antimony & auriferous quartz. |
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Faro (preferred,C,V,English)
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Faro (Portuguese)
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Faro (Spanish)
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Faro (German)
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Faro, Distrito de (C,V)
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Distrito de Faro (C,V,O,Portuguese)
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Faro district (C,O,English,U,N)
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PO09 (C,V,FIPS)
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Faro (national district) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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national district (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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administrative division (C) |
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