Praia do Almoxarife

Praia do Almoxarife is a freguesia in the municipality of Horta, of the Portuguese archipelago of the . The population in 2011 was 834, in an area of 9.20 km2.
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Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 834 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Horta
  • Also known as: “Praia”
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Pilar and Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Ruins
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Residence of Pilar is a Baroque-era residence, now in complete ruins, on Lomba do Pilar in the civil parish of , municipality of Horta, in the archipelago of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madalena.

Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
is a municipality along the western coast of the island of , in the Portuguese . It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2. is situated 9 km east of Praia do Almoxarife.

Praia do Almoxarife

Latitude
38.55951° or 38° 33′ 34″ north
Longitude
-28.62301° or 28° 37′ 23″ west
Population
834
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
Open location code
89CHH95G+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 506293658
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3372759
Wiki­data ID
Q1997380
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Praia do Almoxarife” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Cebuano: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Chechen: “Прая-ду-Алмошарифи”
  • Chinese: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Dutch: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • French: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • German: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Portuguese: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Russian: “Прайа-ду-Алмошарифе”
  • Russian: “Прая-ду-Алмошарифи”
  • Spanish: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Tatar: “Прая-ду-Алмошарифи”
  • Turkish: “Praia do Almoxarife”
  • Turkish: “Praia do Ribatejo”
  • “Praia do Almoxarife”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Império do Caminho do Meio and Junta de Freguesia da Praia do Almoxarife.

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