Alferce

Civil parish in Algarve, Portugal
Coat of arms of Alferce
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37°19′59″N 8°29′24″W / 37.333°N 8.490°W / 37.333; -8.490Country PortugalRegionAlgarveIntermunic. comm.AlgarveDistrictFaroMunicipalityMonchiqueArea
 • Total96.12 km2 (37.11 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total441 • Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitehttp://www.jf-alferce.pt/

Alferce is a freguesia (parish) in the Monchique Municipality (Algarve, Portugal). The population in 2011 was 441,[1] in an area of 96.12 km².[2]

Lies in this area remains of a medieval fortress from Muslim rule in Portugal known in Islamic sources ( Hillah Sirah of Ibn Abbar & others ) as حصن المرجيق - Monchique fortress.

The fortress was captured in 1144 by the followers of Ibn Qasi from the Almoravids. Less than a century later, it became part of the Kingdom of Portugal who seized the fortress from Ibn Mahfuz ( Aben Mahfot in

Spanish sources ) , then leader of the Algarve region & Niebla ( Dawlah Islam fil Andalus - Abdullah bin Inan ).

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
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Parishes of Monchique Municipality
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