Norte Pequeno
Norte Pequeno is a freguesia in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese Azores, located on the northern coast of the island of São Jorge. The population in 2011 was 220, in an area of 12.11 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include São Jorge and Church of São Lázaro.
São Jorge
Chapel of Santa Filomena (Calheta)
Church
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Chapel of Santa Filomena (Calheta) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagoa da Fajã dos Cubres and Calheta.
Lagoa da Fajã dos Cubres
Hamlet
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Lagoa da Fajã dos Cubres is a lagoon located in the parish of Ribeira Seca, on the north coast of the Portuguese island of São Jorge. The lagoon was listed along with Lagoa da Caldeira as a "Wetland of International Importance" under the Ramsar Convention in 2005. Lagoa da Fajã dos Cubres is situated 3 km east of Norte Pequeno.
Calheta
Town
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Calheta is a municipality on the island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality includes the eastern portion of the island of São Jorge and borders the municipality of Velas. Calheta is situated 5 km south of Norte Pequeno.
Fajã dos Vimes
Hamlet
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Fajã dos Vimes is a permanent debris field, known as a fajã, built from the collapsing cliffs on the south coast of the civil parish of Ribeira Seca, in the municipality of Calheta, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã dos Vimes is situated 9 km southeast of Norte Pequeno.
Norte Pequeno
- Type: Village with 220 residents
- Description: civil parish in Calheta (Açores)
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Norte Pequeno, Calheta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.64711° or 38° 38′ 50″ northLongitude
-28.00158° or 28° 0′ 6″ westPopulation
220Elevation
442 metres (1,450 feet)Open location code
89CHJXWX+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 615076545OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3372843Wikidata ID
Q1998050
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Norte Pequeno” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Norte Pequeno”
- Cebuano: “Norte Pequeno”
- Chechen: “Норте-Пекену”
- Chinese: “Norte Pequeno”
- Dutch: “Norte Pequeno”
- French: “Norte Pequeno”
- German: “Norte Pequeno”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Norte Pequeno”
- Portuguese: “Norte Pequeno”
- Russian: “Норте-Пекену”
- Spanish: “Norte Pequeno”
- Tatar: “Норте-Пекену”
- Turkish: “Norte Pequeno”
- “Norte Pequeno”
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