Ribeira Seca
Ribeira Seca 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, in an area of 5.53 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia da Vinha da Areia and Our Lady of Peace Chapel.
Praia da Vinha da Areia
Beach
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Praia da Vinha da Areia is a beach.
Our Lady of Peace Chapel
Church
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Our Lady of Peace Chapel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Franca do Campo and Água de Pau.
Vila Franca do Campo
Town
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vila Franca do Campo is a Portuguese town on the island of São Miguel in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It covers an area of 78.00 km² and has a population of 10,323 inhabitants.
Água de Pau
Town
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
Água de Pau is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,058, in an area of 17.46 km2. It contains the localities Água de Pau, Caloura, Cerco, Cinzeiro, Galera and Jubileu. Água de Pau is situated 8 km west of Ribeira Seca.
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.
Ribeira Seca
- Type: Village with 1,110 residents
- Description: civil parish in Vila Franca do Campo
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Ribeira Seca, Vila Franca do Campo Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.7214° or 37° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
-25.42346° or 25° 25′ 24″ westPopulation
1,110Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open location code
899PPHCG+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5077751999OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3372701Wikidata ID
Q2451586
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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 (Вила-Франка-ду-Кампу)”
- Chechen: “Рибейра-Сека”
- Chinese: “Ribeira Seca”
- Dutch: “Ribeira Seca”
- French: “Ribeira Seca”
- German: “Ribeira Seca”
- Malay: “Ribeira Seca (Vila Franca do Campo)”
- Malay: “Ribeira Seca”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ribeira Seca”
- Polish: “Ribeira Seca”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira Seca (Vila Franca do Campo)”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira Seca”
- Russian: “Рибейра-Сека”
- Spanish: “Ribeira Seca”
- Tatar: “Рибейра-Сека (Вила-Франка-ду-Кампу)”
- Tatar: “Рибейра-Сека”
- Turkish: “Ribeira Seca”
- “Ribeira Seca”
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