Ribeira Seca (Vila Franca do Campo)
Ribeira Seca | |
Civil Parish | |
Official name: Freguesia de Ribeira Seca | |
Name origin: Portuguese for dry stream | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Island | São Miguel |
Municipality | Vila Franca do Campo |
Center | Ribeira Seca |
- elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°43′17″N 25°25′24″W / 37.72139°N 25.42333°WCoordinates: 37°43′17″N 25°25′24″W / 37.72139°N 25.42333°W |
Highest point | Areeiro |
- elevation | 574 m (1,883 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°45′29″N 25°25′40″W / 37.75806°N 25.42778°W |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Area | 5.53 km2 (2 sq mi) |
- water | .00 km2 (0 sq mi) |
- urban | .34 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 1,106 (2011) |
Density | 200/km2 (518/sq mi) |
Settlement | fl. 1500 |
- Parish | fl. 1900 |
- Civil Parish | 13 June 2002 |
LAU | Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua da Palmeira |
President Junta | Dinarte José Resendes Sardinha (PS) |
President Assembleia | Arsénio Chaves Puim (PS) |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
Postal Zone | 9680-021 |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Patron Saint | São João Baptiste |
Wikimedia Commons: Ribeira Seca (Vila Franca do Campo) | |
Website: http://www.jfribeiraseca.com/ | |
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Ribeira Seca (Portuguese for "dry stream") is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,106,[1] in an area of 5.53 km².[2]
History
In June 2002, the civil parish was divided from the neighbouring parish of São Miguel to form its own autonomous local authority.
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Eurostat Archived September 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
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