Bensafrim () is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the municipality of

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

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. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Bensafrim e Barão de São João Bensafrim e Barão de São João is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal, Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Bensafrim and Barão de São João. The population in 2011 ...

. It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001). The name comes from the Arabic word Benassaharim. It used to be an agrarian community. Until the 1950s the most important means of transportation were the ox and the donkey. Now it is a dormitory suburb of Lagos. The most important event of the year is the annual fair on the 25th and 26 August. The fair first took place in 1880. In the last years, there has been much building activity. A new square, sports fields, a medical post, water supplies and also the roads were improved. From Bensafrim there is a connection to the A22 now. Igreja Matriz de Bensafrim - Lagos - 14

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20090601044808/http://bensafrim.net/ Villages in the Algarve {{Faro-geo-stub