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Africa

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Faro (department) Faro is a department of 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. Subdivisions The department is divided administra ...
, 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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, an unincorporated community, USA


Europe

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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, 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 ...
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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 ...
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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

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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. (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

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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. Winnin ...
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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 ...
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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 D. Afonso of Braganza, the third son of Fernando I, Duke of Braganza. This title ...
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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 HarperOne is a publishing imprint of HarperCollins, specializing in books that aim to "t ...
, 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 lege ...
'', 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 ...


See also

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El Faro (disambiguation) El Faro may refer to: * ''El Faro'' (digital newspaper), an online newspaper founded in 1998 * ''The Lighthouse'' (1998 film) (also: ''El faro''), an Argentine-Spanish drama * El Faro Restaurant, a Spanish restaurant in New York City which closed ...
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Odmar Færø Odmar Færø (born 1 November 1989) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a centre-back for KÍ. Færø has represented the Faroe Islands national football team and previously played for Hamarkameratene, B36 Tórshavn, Keith, Brøndby IF, F ...
(born 1989), Faroese footballer *
Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
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Faroe (disambiguation) Faroe may refer to: * Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic and a part of the Kingdom of Denmark **Faroese people ** Faroese language * Danish ship ''Færøe'' * Fårö Fårö () or Fåre in Gutnish is a Baltic Sea island just no ...
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Faros (disambiguation) Faros is a Greek village on the island of Ikaria, Greece It may also refer to: * Faros beach, a beach in Larnaca, Cyprus * Faros del Panama, a skyscraper complex currently cancelled in Panama City, Panama *Faros Acropoleos, a former football club i ...
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Farro Farro refers to the grains of three wheat species, which are sold dried and cooked in water until soft. It is eaten plain or is often used as an ingredient in salads, soups, and other dishes. Definition Farro is an ethnobotanical term for thr ...
, a wheat plant also known as Emmer *
Ferro (disambiguation) Ferro may refer to: *Iron as in a Ferromagnetic material *Ferro (architecture), a wrought-iron architectural element *Ferro Carril Oeste, an Argentinian football team *Ferro (Covilhã), a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Portugal * Fer ...
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Pharao Pharao is a German Eurodance act produced by Alexander Hawking and DJ Stevie Steve. The band was fronted by Egyptians, Egyptian-Indian people, Indian singer Kyra Pharao (Claudia Banerjee) (born 17 January 1971) and the United States, American Rap ...
, a German Eurodance band *
Pharaoh (disambiguation) Pharaoh is the title of ancient Egyptian monarchs. Pharaoh or pharao, may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and literature * ''Pharaoh'' (Prus novel), a book by Bolesław Prus ** ''Pharaoh'' (film), a 1966 Polish film adaptation * ' ...
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Pharo Pharo is an open source, cross-platform implementation of the classic Smalltalk-80 programming language and runtime. It's based on the OpenSmalltalk virtual machine called Cog (VM), which evaluates a dynamic, reflective, and object-orient ...
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Pharos (disambiguation) The Pharos of Alexandria was an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Pharos may also refer to: Lighthouses * The Pharos, either of two Roman lighthouses at Dubris (Dover, England) * Pharos Lighthouse (Fleetwood), F ...
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