Ponta Garça
Ponta Garça is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,547, in an area of 29.35 km2. It is the largest parish in Vila Franca do Campo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 3,550 residents
- Description: civil parish in Vila Franca do Campo
- Also known as: “Ponta da Garca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lighthouse of Ponta Garça.
Lighthouse of Ponta Garça
Lighthouse
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The Lighthouse of Ponta Garça is a beacon/lighthouse located along cliffs of the civil parish of Ponta Garça in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Franca do Campo and Furnas.
Vila Franca do Campo
Town
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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. Vila Franca do Campo is situated 6 km west of Ponta Garça.
Furnas
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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.
Ponta Garça
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Ponta Garça, Vila Franca do Campo Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Ponta Garça” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ponta Garça”
- Cebuano: “Ponta Garça”
- Chechen: “Понта-Гарса”
- Chinese: “Ponta Garça”
- Dutch: “Ponta Garça”
- French: “Ponta Garça”
- German: “Ponta Garça”
- Malay: “Ponta Garça”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ponta Garça”
- Polish: “Ponta Garça”
- Portuguese: “Ponta Garca”
- Portuguese: “Ponta Garça”
- Russian: “Понта-Гарса”
- Spanish: “Ponta Garça”
- Tatar: “Понта-Гарса”
- Turkish: “Ponta Garça”
- “Ponta Garça”
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Localities in the Area
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