Type: | parish |
Official Name: | Vila Nova de Cacela |
Region: | Algarve |
Cim: | Algarve |
District: | Faro |
Municipality: | Vila Real de Santo António |
Coordinates: | 37.174°N -7.534°W |
Area Total: | 46.03 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 3903 |
Vila Nova de Cacela, or 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,[1] in an area of 46.03 km².[2] 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.