Algoz

Algoz
Civil parish
The Main Parish Church of Algoz
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Postal code	8365

Algoz (Portuguese pronunciation:

The town of Algoz, in Silves municipality, is in an area of the Algarve called the Barrocal or gulley region.^[2] It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south east of the city of Silves and it is 258 kilometres (160 mi) south south east of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.^[7] The settlement stretches along an open valley, bounded on the south by a mountain and on the west by further highlands. The parish is bordered to the north by São Bartolomeu de Messines, to the east is Tunes and Pêra on the southwest.^[2] Algoz is very close to the neighboring civil parish of Guia, in the municipality of Albufeira, whose the seat (the town of Guia proper) is located 4.6 kilometers to the south of the town of Algoz by road. A stream also called the Algoz runs to the north of the town of Algoz from an easterly direction, and from the north west a tributary called Barranco Longo joins the stream.^[2] Part of the Algoz river runs underground for 0.32 kilometres (0.2 mi) below the Rua do Ribeiro street in Algoz.^[8] Further on the stream flows under the Alcantarilha bridge and the name of the stream changes to the Enxurrada or the Alcantarilha stream. This watercourse finally flows into the Atlantic Ocean between Pêra and Armação de Pêra.^[2] The town of Algoz proper is about 40 meters high above sea level and about 9 kilometres from the coast.

Economy

The economy of Algoz relies on

Not far from the town center there is a small railway station, the

Algoz has a sports club called Sport Algoz e Benfica which is named after one of the biggest Portuguese football clubs, the Sport Lisboa e Benfica from Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. It has football, gymnastics and zumba fitness departments. Sport Algoz e Benfica was founded on the July 1st, 1938 as an affiliated club of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.^[10]

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