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Matriz

Matriz is a freguesia in the municipality of Horta, in the , which is part of the urbanized core of the city of Horta. The population in 2011 was 2,562, in an area of 1.81 km².
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,560 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Horta
  • Also known as: “Horta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sociedade Amor da Pátria (Horta) and Câmara Municipal da Horta.

Community center
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community center.

Town hall
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a town hall.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

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 Matriz.

Matriz

Latitude
38.5388° or 38° 32′ 20″ north
Longitude
-28.62754° or 28° 37′ 39″ west
Population
2,560
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Open location code
89CHG9QC+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3100238058
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3372880
Wiki­data ID
Q2301558
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Matriz” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Matriz”
  • Cebuano: “Horta”
  • Chechen: “Матриш (Орта)”
  • Chechen: “Матриш”
  • Chinese: “Matriz”
  • Dutch: “Matriz (Horta)”
  • Dutch: “Matriz”
  • French: “Matriz”
  • German: “Matriz (Horta)”
  • German: “Matriz”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Matriz”
  • Portuguese: “Horta (Matriz)”
  • Portuguese: “Matriz (Horta)”
  • Portuguese: “Matriz”
  • Russian: “Матриш”
  • Spanish: “Matriz”
  • Tatar: “Матриш (Орта)”
  • Tatar: “Матриш”
  • Turkish: “Matriz”
  • “Matriz”

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Highlights include Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras and Museu de Arte Sacra da Horta.

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