Odeceixe () is a village and

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in the northern part of the

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Aljezur Aljezur (), officially the Town of Aljezur (), is a town and municipality of the District of Faro and Algarve region, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,884, in an area of 323.50 km2. The municipality comprises 4 parishes. History ...

, in the Portuguese

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, lying within the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo and Vincentine Coast. The village lies on the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe, which here forms the border between the Algarve and

Alentejo Alentejo ( , , ) is a geographical, historical, and cultural region of south–central and southern Portugal. In Portuguese, its name means "beyond the Tagus" (). Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo Province, Alto Alentejo and Bai ...

. The population of the parish in 2011 was 961,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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Geography

The parish of Odeceixe is situated on the steeply inclined topography that divides the Algarve and Alentejo regions; the south bank of the ''Ribeira de Seixe'' which runs through this parish is the dividing line for this frontier. The parish includes Praia do Odeceixe, 4 km west of the village of Odeceixe, at the mouth of the Ribeira de Seixe. This has one of the few official

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beaches in Portugal. The parish is bordered in the north by

São Teotónio São Teotónio is a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,439,Marmelete and south by Rogil, while to the west is the

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References

Freguesias of Aljezur Villages in the Algarve {{Faro-geo-stub