Geography
The area around Figueira da Naus made up of farmlands with some forests around the village and the coastline. Crops, groves and pastures covers the area. The rest of the area are made up of barren rocks with grasslands and bushes and the mountains dominates the east especially the Serra da Malagueta to the southeast.
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