Bensafrim is a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Bensafrim e Barão de São João.[1] It has about 2,004 inhabitants (2001).

Bensafrim
Civil parish
Bensafrim Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°09′N 8°44′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
Intermunic. comm.	Algarve
District	Faro
Municipality	Lagos
Disbanded	2013
Area
• Total	78.46 km2 (30.29 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,004
• Density	26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code	8600
Website	http://bensafrim.net/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

The name comes from the Arabic word Benassaharim. It used to be an agrarian community. Until the 1950s the most important means of transportation were the ox and the donkey. Now it is a dormitory suburb of Lagos.

The most important event of the year is the annual fair on 25 and 26 August. This fair first took place in 1880.

In the last years there have been much building activity. A new square, sports fields, a medical post, water supplies and also the roads were improved. From Bensafrim there is a connection to the A22 now.

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090601044808/http://bensafrim.net/

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