Ribeirinha (Ribeira Grande)

Ribeirinha
Civil Parish
The vista of Ribeirinha, showing the spatter cone of Pico da Multa (center) and Pico Mocho (right)
Official name: Freguesia da Ribeirinha
Name origin: Portuguese for small ravine
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Island São Miguel
Municipality Ribeira Grande
Localities Gramas, Lameiro, Ribeirinha, Santa Rosa, Santo António
Center Ribeirinha
 - elevation 109 m (358 ft)
 - coordinates 37°49′31″N 25°29′23″W / 37.82528°N 25.48972°W / 37.82528; -25.48972Coordinates: 37°49′31″N 25°29′23″W / 37.82528°N 25.48972°W / 37.82528; -25.48972
Highest point Pastos da Margarida
 - elevation 843 m (2,766 ft)
 - coordinates 37°47′22″N 25°26′32″W / 37.78944°N 25.44222°W / 37.78944; -25.44222
Lowest point Sea Level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
Area 17.98 km2 (7 sq mi)
 - urban .69 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 2,349 (2011)
Density 131/km2 (339/sq mi)
Settlement fl. 1500
 - Parish fl. 1600
 - Civil Parish 3 August 1948
LAU Junta Freguesia
 - location Rua Aristides S. Gamboa
 - elevation 79 m (259 ft)
 - coordinates 37°49′32″N 25°29′48″W / 37.82556°N 25.49667°W / 37.82556; -25.49667
President Junta José Carlos Paiva Garcia
President Assembleia Paulo Jorge Pacheco Leite
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone 9600-323
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 296 XXX-XXX
Patron Saint Santíssimo Salvador do Mundo (Jesus)
Wikimedia Commons: Ribeirinha (Ribeira Grande)
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Ribeirinha is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,349,[1] in an area of 17.98 km².[2]

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Eurostat Archived September 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
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