Maia
Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,900, in an area of 21.97 km². Maia is the largest parish by area in Ribeira Grande.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cha Gorreana Tea Factory and Lagoon of São Brás.
Cha Gorreana Tea Factory
Museum
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Gorreana is a Portuguese company headquartered in São Miguel Island, Azores. It is the oldest surviving tea plantation in Europe and one of only two still operating in the Azores.
Lagoon of São Brás
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Lagoon of São Brás is situated 4 km south of Maia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Formoso and Furnas.
Porto Formoso
Village
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Porto Formoso is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,265, in an area of 12.79 km2. Porto Formoso is situated 3 km west of Maia.
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.
Maia
- Type: Village with 1,900 residents
- Description: civil parish in Ribeira Grande
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Maia, Ribeira Grande Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.82671° or 37° 49′ 36″ northLongitude
-25.39388° or 25° 23′ 38″ westPopulation
1,900Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
899PRJG4+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 293229697OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3372901Wikidata ID
Q980072
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Maia” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Maia”
- Catalan: “Maia”
- Cebuano: “Maia”
- Chechen: “Мая (Рибейра-Гранди)”
- Chechen: “Мая”
- Chinese: “Maia”
- Dutch: “Maia (Ribeira Grande)”
- Dutch: “Maia”
- French: “Maia”
- Galician: “Maia”
- German: “Maia”
- Malay: “Maia (Ribeira Grande)”
- Malay: “Maia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Maia”
- Portuguese: “Maia (Ribeira Grande)”
- Portuguese: “Maia”
- Russian: “Майа”
- Russian: “Мая”
- Spanish: “Maia”
- Tatar: “Мая (Рибейра-Гранди)”
- Tatar: “Мая”
- Turkish: “Maia”
- “Maia”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zona Oriental do Concelho da Ribeira Grande and Museu Tabaco da Maia.
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