In
the Iberian Peninsula, in the country that occupies one sixth of its
territory, Portugal, its Southernmost province is Algarve. Algarve
is the most visited region of Portugal, its capital is Faro, and its
total population is approximately 451,000 inhabitants. Its name comes from Arabic, and means The West of Al-Andalus. Formerly, Algarve was very isolated from the world and did not get to have the importance of the zone of al-Ándalus; nevertheless,
it was the province where the culture, the sciences and the
technological advances Islamic, of all Portugal had more importance and
development.
