Conceição
Conceição is a freguesia in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,425, in an area of 12.73 km². It is situated on the north coast of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,430 residents
- Description: civil parish in Ribeira Grande
- Also known as: “Ribeira Grande”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Água de Pau Massif and Termas das Caldeiras da Ribeira Grande.
Água de Pau Massif
Volcano
Água de Pau Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, located in the central part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. More recognizable for the Lagoa do Fogo at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones and encrusted lava flows that have marked its history from, the last, 45,000 years BC. Água de Pau Massif is situated 3½ km southeast of Conceição.
Lagoon of Fire
Lake
Photo: Apeto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagoa do Fogo is a crater lake within the Água de Pau Massif stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Lagoon of Fire is situated 4 km southeast of Conceição.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Miguel.
São Miguel
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São Miguel is the largest and most populous island of the Azores archipelago. Portuguese for Saint Michael, the island is also known by locals as "The Green Island". Most visitors arriving in the Azores will pass through São Miguel.
Conceição
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Ribeira Grande Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Conceição” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Conceição”
- Asturian: “Ribeira Grande”
- Cebuano: “Ribeira Grande”
- Chechen: “Консейсан (Рибейра-Гранде)”
- Chechen: “Консейсан”
- Chinese: “Conceição”
- Dutch: “Conceicao (Ribeira Grande)”
- Dutch: “Conceição”
- French: “Conceição”
- German: “Conceição (Ribeira Grande)”
- German: “Conceição”
- Malay: “Conceição”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Conceição”
- Portuguese: “Conceicao (Ribeira Grande)”
- Portuguese: “Conceição (Ribeira Grande)”
- Portuguese: “Conceição”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira Grande (Conceicao)”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira Grande (Conceição)”
- Russian: “Консейсан”
- Spanish: “Conceição”
- Tatar: “Консейсан (Рибейра-Гранде)”
- Tatar: “Консейсан”
- Turkish: “Conceição”
- “Ribeira Grande (Conceição)”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Caldeiras and Gramas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Salto El Cabrito and Centro de Interpretação Ambiental da Caldeira Velha.
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