Povoação
Povoação is a municipality located in the southeastern corner of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 6,327, in an area of 106.41 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,160 residents
- Description: municipality of Portugal
- Also known as: “Povoacao do Campo”, “Povoação Municipality”, and “Povoação, Azores”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora da Mãe de Deus and Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Praça Velha, Mãe de Deus.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Praça Velha, Mãe de Deus
Church
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Praça Velha, Mãe de Deus is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Furnas.
Furnas
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Furnas is a village in the Azores archipelago on the island of São Miguel, and was home to 1,450 people in 2011. It is famous for its geothermal activity.
Povoação
- Categories: municipality of Portugal and locality
- Location: Povoação, Povoação Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.74688° or 37° 44′ 49″ northLongitude
-25.24516° or 25° 14′ 43″ westPopulation
2,160Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT PVCOpen location code
899PPQW3+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 25270676OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Povoação” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Povoação”
- Cebuano: “Povoação”
- Chechen: “Вила-да-Повуасан”
- Chinese: “Povoação”
- Chinese: “波瓦桑”
- Dutch: “Povoacao”
- Dutch: “Povoação”
- French: “Povoacao”
- French: “Povoação”
- Galician: “Povoação”
- German: “Povoação”
- Irish: “Povoação”
- Italian: “Povoação”
- Japanese: “ポヴォアサン”
- Korean: “포보아상”
- Lombard: “Povoação”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Povoação”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Povoação”
- Novial: “Povoazao, Azores”
- Polish: “Povoação”
- Portuguese: “Município de Povoação”
- Portuguese: “Povoação”
- Romanian: “Povoacao”
- Romanian: “Povoação”
- Russian: “Вила-да-Повуасан”
- Russian: “Повоасан (район)”
- Slovenian: “Povoação”
- Spanish: “Povoacao”
- Spanish: “Povoacão”
- Spanish: “Povoaçao”
- Spanish: “Povoação”
- Spanish: “Povozon”
- Spanish: “Povozón”
- Spanish: “Pueblozon”
- Spanish: “Pueblozón”
- Tatar: “Вила-да-Повуасан”
- Turkish: “Povoação”
- Ukrainian: “Віла-да-Повуасан”
- Ukrainian: “Повуасан”
- Vietnamese: “Povoação (đô thị)”
- Vietnamese: “Povoação, Açores”
- “Povoação”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Povoação Townhall and Largo Dom João I.
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