Conceição
Conceição is a freguesia in the municipality of Horta in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,138, in an area of 3.08 km². It is the second smallest parish within the administration of Horta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 1,140 residents
- Description: civil parish in Horta
- Also known as: “Horta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palacete do Pilar and Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Pilar.
Palacete do Pilar
Ruins
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Residence of Pilar is a Baroque-era residence, now in complete ruins, on Lomba do Pilar in the civil parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Pilar
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Pilar is a church.
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas
University
The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, normally shortened to DOP/UAç, is an Azorean oceanographic institute and research arm of the University of the Azores, with its seat in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena.
Madalena
Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2. Madalena is situated 9 km east of Conceição.
Conceição
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Horta (Angústias), Horta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.54669° or 38° 32′ 48″ northLongitude
-28.62606° or 28° 37′ 34″ westPopulation
1,140Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
89CHG9WF+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1879619857OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3373172Wikidata ID
Q1997954
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Conceição” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Conceição”
- Cebuano: “Horta”
- Chechen: “Консейсан (Орта)”
- Chechen: “Консейсан”
- Chinese: “Conceição”
- Dutch: “Conceição”
- French: “Conceição”
- German: “Conceição”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Conceição”
- Portuguese: “Conceicao (Horta)”
- Portuguese: “Conceição (Horta)”
- Portuguese: “Conceição”
- Portuguese: “Horta (Conceicao)”
- Russian: “Консейсан”
- Spanish: “Conceicao”
- Spanish: “Conceicão”
- Spanish: “Conceiçao”
- Spanish: “Conceição”
- Tatar: “Консейсан (Орта)”
- Tatar: “Консейсан”
- Turkish: “Conceiçao”
- Turkish: “Conceição”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Miradouro do Pilar and Parque Infantil do Largo Cardeal Dom José da Costa Nunes.
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