Vila Nova de Cacela

Vila Nova de Cacela
Parish
Vila Nova de Cacela
Coordinates: 37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°WCoordinates: 37°10′26″N 7°32′02″W / 37.174°N 7.534°W
Country Portugal
Region Algarve
Subregion Algarve
Intermunic. comm. Algarve
District Faro
Municipality Vila Real de Santo António
Area
  Total 46.03 km2 (17.77 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 3,902
  Density 85/km2 (220/sq mi)

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 3,902,[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.

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