Praia do Norte
Praia do Norte is a civil parish of the municipality of Horta, located along the northern coast between Cedros and Capelo, on the Portuguese island of Faial, in the archipelago of the Azores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 250 residents
- Description: civil parish in Horta
- Also known as: “Praia da Norte” and “Praya da Norte”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores and Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França (Horta).
Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França (Horta)
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França (Horta) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capelo.
Capelo
Village
Photo: Marlene Angeja, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capelo is a freguesia in the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Azorean archipelago. The population in 2011 was 486, in an area of 26.64 km2. Capelo is situated 4 km southwest of Praia do Norte.
Praia do Norte
- Categories: human settlement, freguesia of Portugal, and locality
- Location: Praia do Norte, Horta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.60216° or 38° 36′ 8″ northLongitude
-28.75684° or 28° 45′ 25″ westPopulation
250Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)Open location code
89CHJ62V+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 503419523OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3372758Wikidata ID
Q1997698
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Praia do Norte” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Praia do Norte”
- Cebuano: “Praia do Norte”
- Chechen: “Прая-ду-Норти”
- Chinese: “Praia do Norte”
- Dutch: “Praia do Norte”
- German: “Praia do Norte”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Praia do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Praia do Norte”
- Russian: “Прайа-ду-Норте”
- Russian: “Прая-ду-Норти”
- Spanish: “Praia do Norte”
- Tatar: “Прая-ду-Норти”
- Turkish: “Praia do Norte”
- Turkish: “Prainha”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Império da Praia do Norte and Casa do Povo da Praia do Norte.
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