Faro may refer to:

Places

Africa

* Faro (department), North Province, Cameroon * Faro National Park, Cameroon

Americas

* Faro, Pará, Brazil, a municipality * Faro, Yukon, Canada, a town ** Faro (electoral district) **

Faro Airport (Yukon) Faro Airport is located south of Faro, Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or t ...

** Faro/Johnson Lake Water Aerodrome *

Faro, Missouri Faro is an unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township in Madison County, Missouri, United States. The community was located on Captain Creek, approximately one mile northeast of the St. Francis River. The community site is located on Missou ...

, 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, the southern district covering the Algarve in southern Portugal ** Faro, Portugal, the municipality and main city of the district ***

Faro railway station Faro station ( pt, Estação de Faro) is the main railway station in the city of Faro, Portugal, operated by . It opened on 1 July 1889. The line to the north-west is electrified, using overhead catenary, the line east, to the terminus at Vila ...

, the city's main railway station ** Faro Airport, 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, an island in Denmark * Fårö, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea * Faro Point, the northeastern point of Sicily, Italy

Extraterrestrial

* 9358 Fårö, a main belt asteroid

People

* Saint Faro, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meaux, France *

Faro (surname) Faro is the surname of: * Jonatas Faro (born 1987), Brazilian actor and singer * Joseph Faro (), pirate who primarily operated in the Indian Ocean * Junior Faro (born 1978), weightlifter from Aruba * Neusa Maria Faro (born 1945), Brazilian actress ...

* 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 The Fábrica de Artes y Oficios Oriente (Arts and Trades Factory East), better known as FARO or FARO Oriente is a cultural center and training facility located in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City. It is the only major cultural facility on thi ...

, a cultural center and training facility in Mexico City * Grupo FARO (Foundation for the Advance of Reforms and Opportunities), a think tank in Ecuador

Other uses

* Faro (card game), a card game * Faro (beer), a type of Belgian ale * Count of Faro, a Portuguese title * Faro (mythology), a god in Mande mythology * the title character of '' Buddy Faro'', a 1998 television series, portrayed by Dennis Farina * Faro, a large cotton sphere burned inside churches on feasts of martyrs in the Ambrosian Rite