Azores
São Roque do Pico Municipality
Prainha

Prainha

Prainha is a civil parish in the municipality of on the island of , in the archipelago of the . It has 530 inhabitants in an area of 26.10 km2.
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Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: civil parish in São Roque do Pico
  • Also known as: “Prainha de Cima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lagoa do Caiado and Church of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda.

Lake
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY 3.0.
is the largest on , . The high-altitude lake is located on the Achada Plateau, an extensive volcanic mountain range covering most of the central area of the island. is situated 3½ km southwest of Prainha.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is situated 2½ km southeast of Prainha.

Lake
Photo: Dreizung, CC0.
is a lake, which is situated 3 km southwest of Prainha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lajes do Pico.

Town
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a town and municipality in the central . It is one of three municipalities of the island of . It has 4,342 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 155.31 km2. is situated 10 km south of Prainha.

Prainha

Latitude
38.48159° or 38° 28′ 54″ north
Longitude
-28.23056° or 28° 13′ 50″ west
Elevation
180 metres (591 feet)
Open location code
89CHFQJ9+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3714142786
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
3372753
Wiki­data ID
Q2338463
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Prainha” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Prainha”
  • Cebuano: “Prainha”
  • Chechen: “Праинья (Сан-Роке-ду-Пику)”
  • Chechen: “Праинья”
  • Chinese: “Prainha”
  • Dutch: “Prainha (Sao Roque do Pico)”
  • Dutch: “Prainha”
  • French: “Prainha”
  • German: “Prainha (São Roque do Pico)”
  • German: “Prainha”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Prainha”
  • Portuguese: “Prainha (Sao Roque do Pico)”
  • Portuguese: “Prainha (São Roque do Pico)”
  • Portuguese: “Prainha”
  • Portuguese: “Praínha”
  • Russian: “Праинья”
  • Spanish: “Prainha”
  • Tatar: “Праинья (Сан-Роке-ду-Пику)”
  • Tatar: “Праинья”
  • Turkish: “Prainha”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Prainha”. Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.