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Figueira (Faro)
Figueira
is a
village
near
Portimão
in the
Algarve
in
Portugal
. In the
English-speaking world
its main
claim
to
fame
is the
disappearance
there, on
12 September
2004
, of a
local
girl
, eight-year-old
Joana Cipriano
, and the
subsequent
conviction
of her
mother
and
uncle
for
murder
.