Terceira
Praia da Vitória
Biscoitos

Biscoitos

Biscoitos is a civil parish in the municipality of , on the island of in the . The population in 2011 was 1,424, in an area of 27.05 km2.
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  • Type: Village with 1,430 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Praia da Vitória
  • Also known as: “Biscoutos” and “São Pedro Biscoutos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Igreja do Imaculado Coração de Maria and Church of São Pedro.

Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a church.

Church
Photo: GTPV, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
The , also known as the Fort of the Port of Biscoitos, is located in the parish of Biscoitos, in the municipality of , on the north coast of in the .

Biscoitos

Latitude
38.79254° or 38° 47′ 33″ north
Longitude
-27.25807° or 27° 15′ 29″ west
Population
1,430
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
Open location code
89CJQPVR+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3450824445
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3373300
Wiki­data ID
Q616959
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Biscoitos” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Biscoitos”
  • Cebuano: “Biscoitos”
  • Chechen: “Бишкойтуш”
  • Chinese: “Biscoitos”
  • Dutch: “Biscoitos”
  • French: “Biscoitos”
  • German: “Biscoitos”
  • Irish: “Biscoitos”
  • Italian: “Biscoitos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Biscoitos”
  • Portuguese: “Biscoitos”
  • Russian: “Бишкойтуш”
  • Spanish: “Biscoitos”
  • Tatar: “Бишкойтуш”
  • Turkish: “Biscoitos”
  • “Biscoitos”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sociedade dos Biscoitos and Museu do Vinho.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Biscoitos”. Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.