Armação de Pêra is a town (''vila'') and Portuguese

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('' freguesia'') in the

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of Silves.Detail Regional Map, Algarve- Southern Portugal, The population in 2011 was 4,867,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 7.99 km². The village used to be called Pêra de Baixo or Lower PêraGrande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira: Actualização, Publisher: Zairol (1998) to distinguish it from the present Pêra, which was then named Pêra de Cima or Upper Pêra.Silves, Tourist Guide to the town and Borough, By J.D. Garcia Domingues,: Empresa Litográfica Do Sul, S.A. The town (vila in Portuguese) of Armação de Pêra is a popular tourist center with fine beaches, hotels, cafés and restaurants. It is on a broad bay that stretches from Pont da Galé to Senhora da Rocha. Its beachesAlgarve Spiral Guide:AA Publishing: extend from Praia dos Pescadores or the Fishermen's Beach, to Salomão beach, including those of Maré Grande and Beijinhos. The town is one of the last places in the region where fishing boats are launched from and recovered to the actual beach. There is no harbour.

Location

The town is southeast of Silves, from Alcantarilha, from Pêra and south south east of

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Gallery

File:Praia da Marinha.jpg, File:Capela de Santo António.JPG, Chapel of Santo António de Armação de Pêra

References

Notes

Freguesias of Silves, Portugal Seaside resorts in Portugal {{Faro-geo-stub