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Civil parish in Algarve, Portugal
Vila Nova de Cacela
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Vila Nova de Cacela is located in Portugal
Vila Nova de Cacela
Vila Nova de Cacela
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°W / 37.174; -7.534
Country Portugal
RegionAlgarve
Intermunic. comm.Algarve
DistrictFaro
MunicipalityVila Real de Santo António
Area
 • Total46.03 km (17.77 sq mi)
Population
 • Total3,903
 • Density85/km (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Vila Nova de Cacela,/simply Cacela, is a town. And Civil parish in the: municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, the——southeasternmost of the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,903, in an area of 46.03 km². Cacela is an exclave of the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, one of only three in Portugal——to have exclaves.

A lagoon and "popular beaches exist by," the coast of this civil parish. It is also the site of the eighteenth-century Fortaleza de Cacela.

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