Santo Amaro
Santo Amaro is a parish in the district of Velas in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 862, in an area of 22.53 km². It contains the localities Areias, Biscoitos, Boa Hora and Santo Amaro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Portão do Mar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urzelina and Fajã de João Dias.
Urzelina
Village
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Urzelina is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas in the Portuguese islands of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 902, in an area of 13.69 km². Urzelina is situated 6 km southeast of Santo Amaro.
Fajã de João Dias
Hamlet
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The Fajã de João Dias is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de João Dias is situated 7 km northwest of Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro
- Type: Village with 862 residents
- Description: civil parish in Velas
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Velas Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.6805° or 38° 40′ 50″ northLongitude
-28.1839° or 28° 11′ 2″ westPopulation
862Elevation
558 metres (1,831 feet)Open location code
89CHMRJ8+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 615076016OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8013501Wikidata ID
Q2451546
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Santo Amaro” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Santo Amaro”
- Cebuano: “Santo Amaro”
- Chechen: “Санту-Амару (Велаш)”
- Chechen: “Санту-Амару”
- Chinese: “Santo Amaro”
- Dutch: “Santo Amaro”
- French: “Santo Amaro”
- German: “Santo Amaro”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Santo Amaro”
- Portuguese: “Santo Amaro (Velas)”
- Portuguese: “Santo Amaro”
- Russian: “Санту-Амару”
- Spanish: “Santo Amaro”
- Tatar: “Санту-Амару (Велаш)”
- Tatar: “Санту-Амару”
- Turkish: “Santo Amaro”
- “Santo Amaro”
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