FIGUEIRA DA FOZ
N 40.148271; W 8.867049
Figueira da Foz is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, it is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, 40 km (25 mi) west of Coimbra and sheltered by hills (Serra da Boa Viagem), sharing about the same latitude with Philadelphia, Baku and Beijing. The population in 2011 was 62,125, in an area of 379.05 km2 (146.35 sq mi). The city of Figueira da Foz proper has a population of 46,600. It is the second-largest city in the district of Coimbra.
It is a coastal city with several beaches, summer, and seaport facilities on the Atlantic Ocean coast. As a tourism city, it plays an important part in the center of the country. A zone of legal gambling, one can find in Figueira one of the biggest casinos of the Iberian Peninsula – the Casino Figueira.
The city is an important industrial center, producing wood pulp and paper, and glass. It also has notable naval construction and fish industries, as well as a factory of the CIMPOR Group installed in the Mondego Cape (Cabo Mondego). The seaport and the fishing harbor are also important for its economy.
With its old and renowned casino (Casino da Figueira), the marina, several hotels, restaurants, and other tourist facilities, Figueira is actually a very important Atlantic beach resort, in the center of Portugal's Silver Coast/Costa de Prata tourism region.
