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Places

Africa

Faro (department) Faro is a Departments of Cameroon, department of North Province (Cameroon), North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 11,785 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 81,472. The capital of the department lies at Poli, C ...

, North Province, Cameroon *

Faro National Park Faro National Park is a national park in Cameroon's North Province. It covers an area of and is close to the Nigerian border, surrounded on the eastern side by several hunting reserves. It is home to cheetahs, black rhinoceros, elephants, and ...

, Cameroon

Americas

Faro, Pará Faro, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Saracá-Taquera National Forest The Saracá-Taquera National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Saracá-Taquera) is a na ...

, Brazil, a municipality *

Faro, Yukon Faro is a town in the central Yukon, Canada, the home of the now abandoned Faro Mine. It was the largest open-pit lead– zinc mine in the world as well as a significant producer of silver and other natural resources. The mine was built by the ...

, Canada, a town **

Faro (electoral district) Faro was an electoral district that returned a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada between 1978 and 2002. It was created out of the riding of Pelly River and encompassed the community of Faro. ...

** Faro Airport (Yukon) ** Faro/Johnson Lake Water Aerodrome * Faro, Missouri, an unincorporated community, USA *

Faro, North Carolina Faro is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash In Faro— north of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base—two hydrogen bombs dropped during the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash as the air ...

, an unincorporated community, USA

Europe

Faro District Faro District ( pt, Distrito de Faro ) is the southernmost district of Portugal, coincident with the Algarve region. The administrative centre, or district capital, is the city of Faro. Municipalities The district is composed of 16 municipalit ...

, the southern district covering the Algarve in southern Portugal **

Faro, Portugal Faro ( , ) is a municipality, the southernmost city and capital of the district of the same name, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. With an estimated population of 60,995 inhabitants in 2019 (with 39,733 inhabitants in the city proper, ...

, the municipality and main city of the district *** Faro railway station, the city's main railway station **

Faro Airport Faro Airport ( pt, Aeroporto de Faro, ), officially Gago Coutinho Airport (''Aeroporto Gago Coutinho''), is located westAI of Faro in Portugal. The airport opened in July 1965 being the main gateway to the year-round resort region of the Al ...

, the main regional airport in the district **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Faro The Diocese of Faro ( la, Dioecesis Pharaonensis), also called the Diocese of the Algarve and formerly the Diocese of Silves, is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Évora. The current bishop of Faro is Dom Manuel Neto Quintas. History A see in ...

, serving the district *

Farø Farø () is an island in Denmark, located between the islands Sjælland and Falster. It has an area of 0.93 km2 and has a population of four people (2019). Administratively it is part of Vordingborg Municipality. Access to the island The F ...

, an island in Denmark *

Fårö Fårö () or Fåre in Gutnish is a Baltic Sea island just north of the island of Gotland, itself off mainland Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the province and it is a popular summer resort. It has its own language, ...

, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea *

Faro Point Faro Point (Italian ''Punta del Faro'') is the northeastern promontory of Sicily situated in Messina district at northeast of the city. The village is connected to the city center by two ATM bus lines: line 32 (Ponte Gallo - Mortelle - Terminal Mu ...

, the northeastern point of Sicily, Italy

Extraterrestrial

* 9358 Fårö, a main belt asteroid

People

Saint Faro Saint Faro (or Burgundofaro; died 675 AD), Count of Guînes, was bishop of Meaux. The family to which Faro belonged is known as the Faronids and is named after him. He is canonized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Chur ...

, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meaux, France * Faro (surname) * Faro, pen name of editors Faith and

A. Ross Eckler Jr. Albert Ross Eckler Jr. (August 29, 1927 – December 9, 2016) was an American logologist, statistician, and author, the son of statistician A. Ross Eckler. He served in the US Army from 1946 – 1947. He received a BA from Swarthmore College wi ...

(1927–2016)

FARO

* Fábrica de Artes y Oficios Oriente, a cultural center and training facility in Mexico City *

Grupo FARO Grupo FARO (Foundation for the Advance of Reforms and Opportunities), is an independent, nonprofit and secular think tank. Grupo FARO was founded in Ecuador in 2004. History It was established to provide support active participation of civil societ ...

(Foundation for the Advance of Reforms and Opportunities), a think tank in Ecuador

Other uses

Faro (card game) Faro ( ), Pharaoh, Pharao, or Farobank is a late 17th-century French gambling game using cards. It is descended from Basset, and belongs to the Lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games due to the use of a banker and several players. Winning o ...

, a card game *

Faro (beer) Lambic () is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels and in Brussels itself since the 13th century. Types of lambic beers include gueuze, kriek lambic and framboise. Lambic differs from most other beer ...

, a type of Belgian ale *

Count of Faro Count of Faro (in Portuguese ''Conde de Faro'') was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree issued on 22 May 1469, by King Afonso V of Portugal, to Don (honorific), D. Afonso de Braganza, 1st Count of Faro, Afonso of Braganza, the t ...

, a Portuguese title *

Faro (mythology) In Mande mythology, Faro purified the earth by sacrificing himself to atone for his twin Pemba's sin.Sproul, Barbara C. (1979). "Primal Myths", HarperOne - HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five Engli ...

, a god in Mande mythology * the title character of ''

Buddy Faro ''Buddy Faro'' is an American crime drama television series created by Mark Frost, starring Dennis Farina that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 4, 1998. The series was cancelled after eight episodes due to low ratings. Premise A legend ...

'', a 1998 television series, portrayed by Dennis Farina * Faro, a large cotton sphere burned inside churches on feasts of martyrs in the

Ambrosian Rite The Ambrosian Rite is a Catholic Western liturgical rite, named after Saint Ambrose, a bishop of Milan in the fourth century, which differs from the Roman Rite. It is used by some five million Catholics in the greater part of the Archdiocese o ...