"Silves (Portuguese pronunciation: [\u02C8si\u026Bv\u0268\u0283]) is a municipality in the Portuguese Algarve of southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 37,126, in an area of 680.06 km\u00B2. The urbanized area includes approximately 11,000 inhabitants. Silves is the former capital of the Algarve and is of great historical importance."@en . . .