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Alferce

Coordinates: 37°19′59″N 8°29′24″W / 37.333°N 8.490°W / 37.333; -8.490
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Alferce
Coat of arms of Alferce
Alferce is located in Portugal
Alferce
Alferce
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°19′59″N 8°29′24″W / 37.333°N 8.490°W / 37.333; -8.490
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityMonchique
Area
 • Total
96.12 km2 (37.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
441
 • 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

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  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.