Conceição (Ribeira Grande)
Conceição | |
Civil Parish | |
The northern margin of Lagoa do Fogo (foreground), on the southern border of the parish | |
Official name: Freguesia da Conceição | |
Name origin: Portuguese for conception | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Island | São Miguel |
Municipality | Ribeira Grande |
Localities | Caldeiras, Conceição |
Center | Conceição |
- elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°49′7″N 25°31′35″W / 37.81861°N 25.52639°WCoordinates: 37°49′7″N 25°31′35″W / 37.81861°N 25.52639°W |
Highest point | |
- location | Barrosa |
- elevation | 777 m (2,549 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°46′10″N 25°29′42″W / 37.76944°N 25.49500°W |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Area | 12.73 km2 (5 sq mi) |
- water | 1.59 km2 (1 sq mi) |
- urban | .61 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 2,425 (2011) |
Density | 190/km2 (492/sq mi) |
LAU | Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua de São Sebastião |
- elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°49′11″N 25°31′22″W / 37.81972°N 25.52278°W |
President Junta | Mário Miguel Rodrigues Furtado (PS) |
President Assembleia | Maria Helena Soares de Sousa (PS) |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
Postal Zone | 9600-538 |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
Wikimedia Commons: Conceição (Ribeira Grande) | |
Website: http://www.jfconceicao.ifreg.pt | |
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Conceição is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,425,[1] in an area of 12.73 km².[2] It is situated on the north coast of the island. Together with the parish Matriz, it forms the old core of the town Ribeira Grande.
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Eurostat Archived September 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
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