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NXS-GRX-PRT · Southern Europe · Regions

FARO

First-level unit, Portugal: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 20 first-level units
Page GRX-PRT-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO PRT / PTStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
447,028
people (GHSL 2025)
4,995 km²
area
4.6%
of Portugal
16
units inside

01Ramani

Inside FARO

The 16 ADM2 units of FARO.

FIG 1 · 16 units inside FARO
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Watu · GHSL 2025

447,028

4.6% of Portugal.

Watu · WorldPop 2025

452,024

+1% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

4,995 km²

89 people per km².

Code

PT-08

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Ukanda wa pwani ulio chini

83,075

people on land at or below 10 m, 18.6% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

16 units inside FARO

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 · CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Albufeira ADM 2 26,465 23,588 180.45 147 8.5% 66
Alcoutim ADM 2 2,870 2,491 647.27 4 0.9% 1
Alijezur ADM 2 5,002 4,600 308.86 16 1.6% 117
Castro Marim ADM 2 14,204 16,148 285.02 50 4.6% 7,843
Faro ADM 2 60,177 62,839 158.39 380 19.3% 21,905
Lagoa ADM 2 19,335 20,570 95.94 202 6.2% 240
Lagos ADM 2 23,357 26,878 206.42 113 7.5% 4,282
Loule ADM 2 49,261 46,630 713.18 69 15.8% 1,062
Monchique ADM 2 5,596 4,927 449.9 12 1.8% 0
Olhao ADM 2 13,968 14,752 116.87 120 4.5% 1,857
Portimao ADM 2 13,867 16,176 178.59 78 4.4% 1,969
Sao Bras de Alportel ADM 2 11,109 11,826 190.37 58 3.6% 0
Silves ADM 2 33,062 30,128 637.21 52 10.6% 800
Tavira ADM 2 23,789 24,428 615.85 39 7.6% 5,381
Vila do Bispo ADM 2 4,773 4,837 159.57 30 1.5% 212
Vila Real de Santo Antonio ADM 2 5,244 5,105 74.29 71 1.7% 664
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
199.9 H3 cells
Bandari
2 H3 cells
Viwanja vya ndege
None at this resolution
Major roads
656.2 H3 cells
Reli
365.5 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
107.3 H3 cells
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Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for FARO publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Portugal.
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06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

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Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen PRT ADM1, source: DG Territory © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 (share-alike: this boundary layer is offered under the same licence) · source · represents 2016. Offered under the same licence (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0), kept as its own layer and not merged into other data.
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen PRT ADM2, source: Wikipedia, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2020
ADM3 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen PRT ADM3, source: geoBoundaries, DG Territory, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2021
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Nchi
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

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