''Sotavento'' is a Portuguese and Spanish word meaning "leeward". Places with that name include:
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Sotavento Algarvio Sotavento is the eastern region of the Algarve, comprising the municipalities of Alcoutim, Castro Marim, Faro, Portugal, Faro, Loulé, Olhão, São Brás de Alportel, Tavira, and Vila Real de Santo António.
See also
* Barlavento Algarvio
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, the eastern part of the Algarve region, Portugal, around Faro and Tavira
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Sotavento Islands
The Sotavento Islands (Portuguese: ''Ilhas de Sotavento'', literally, the ''Leeward Islands'') is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago.[Sotavento Region
Sotavento Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.
Geography
Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain. ''Sotavento'' means leeward, and the region lies in the rain shadow of the coastal Sierra de Chiconquiaco, which makes ...]
of the Mexican state of Veracruz
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