Altura is a town and a

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in the municipality of

Castro Marim Castro Marim (), officially the Town of Castro Marim (), is a town and a municipality in the southern region of Algarve, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,747, in an area of 300.84 km2. The current mayor is Francisco Amaral, elected ...

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, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,195,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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. The civil parish of Altura was officially created on June 11, 1991, through detachment from the Castro Marim civil parish. It includes the older and now defunct community of Alagoa. Praia da Alagoa

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