Ribeira Seca
Ribeira Seca is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,950, in an area of 12.59 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,950 residents
- Description: civil parish in Ribeira Grande
- Also known as: “Ribeira Secca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arquipélago and Solar de Nossa Senhora do Vencimento.
Solar de Nossa Senhora do Vencimento
Manor estate
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Solar de Nossa Senhora do Vencimento is a manor estate.
Ribeira Grande City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Ribeira Grande City Hall is a medieval structure constructed to house the municipal council/authority, situated in the civil parish of Matriz, municipality of Ribeira Grande, on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Miguel and Porto Formoso.
São Miguel
Photo: Apeto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
São Miguel is the largest and most populous island of the Azores archipelago. Portuguese for Saint Michael, the island is also known by locals as "The Green Island". Most visitors arriving in the Azores will pass through São Miguel.
Porto Formoso
Village
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Porto Formoso is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,265, in an area of 12.79 km2. Porto Formoso is situated 10 km east of Ribeira Seca.
Ribeira Seca
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Ribeira Seca, Ribeira Grande Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.8128° or 37° 48′ 46″ northLongitude
-25.53399° or 25° 32′ 2″ westPopulation
2,950Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
899PRF78+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 5734002711OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3372700Wikidata ID
Q2451828
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Ribeira Seca” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ribeira Seca”
- Cebuano: “Ribeira Seca”
- Chechen: “Рибейра-Сека (Рибейра-Гранде)”
- Chechen: “Рибейра-Сека”
- Chinese: “Ribeira Seca”
- Dutch: “Ribeira Seca”
- French: “Ribeira Seca”
- German: “Ribeira Seca”
- Malay: “Ribeira Seca”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ribeira Seca”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira Seca (Ribeira Grande)”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira Seca”
- Portuguese: “Sao Pedro”
- Portuguese: “São Pedro”
- Russian: “Рибейра-Сека”
- Spanish: “Ribeira Seca”
- Tatar: “Рибейра-Сека (Рибейра-Гранде)”
- Tatar: “Рибейра-Сека”
- Turkish: “Ribeira Seca”
- “Ribeira Seca”
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