Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°W / 37.174; -7.534

Vila Nova de Cacela

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Vila Nova de Cacela
File:Cacela Velha Fortress.jpg
Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°W / 37.174; -7.534
CountryFile:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityVila Real de Santo António
Area
 • Total
46.03 km2 (17.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,903
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Vila Nova de Cacela, or simply Cacela, is a town and Civil parish in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, the southeasternmost of the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,903,[1] in an area of 46.03 km².[2] Cacela is an exclave of the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, one of only three in Portugal to have exclaves. A lagoon and popular beaches exist by the coast of this civil parish. It is also the site of the eighteenth-century Fortaleza de Cacela.

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