Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality
Santa Cruz das Flores is a municipality situated in the north half of the island of Flores, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Situated in the sparsely populated Western Group, the population in 2021 was 2,020 inhabitants in an area that covers approximately 70.91 square kilometres, bordering the southern municipality of Lajes das Flores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Portugal with 2,290 residents
- Description: municipality of Portugal
- Also known as: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flores and Morro Alto.
Flores
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flores is an island in the Azores archipelago, an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is well known for its abundance of flowers, hence its Portuguese name of Flores.
Morro Alto
Peak
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Morro Alto is the highest mountain of Flores, Azores, Portugal. It is part of a trachytic process represented by the Pico da Sé, forming an imposing volcanic apparatus embedded between two deep erosion valleys, product of the Badanela and Fazenda rivers.
Lagoa Branca
Lake
Photo: Gagofoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lagoa Branca is a lake, which is situated 4 km southwest of Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality.
Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality
- Location: Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Waray—“Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Cebuano: “Santa Cruz Das Flores”
- Chechen: “Санта-Круш-даш-Флореш”
- Chinese: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Chinese: “圣克鲁什-达什弗洛里什”
- Chinese: “聖克魯什-達什弗洛里什”
- Dutch: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- French: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- German: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Hebrew: “סנטה קרוש דאש פלורש”
- Irish: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Italian: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Korean: “산타크루스다스플로르스”
- Lithuanian: “Santa Kruz das Florešas”
- Lombard: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Malay: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Polish: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Portuguese: “Município de Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Portuguese: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Romanian: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Russian: “Санта-Круш-даш-Флореш”
- Russian: “Санта-Круш-даш-Флориш”
- Spanish: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Tatar: “Санта-Круш-даш-Флореш”
- Turkish: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Ukrainian: “Санта-Круш-даш-Флореш”
- Vietnamese: “Santa Cruz das Flores (đô thị)”
- Vietnamese: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Volapük: “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz das Flores”
- “Santa Cruz das Flores”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morro Grande and Bahia de Alagoa.
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