Place:Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal

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NameRibeira Grande
TypeConcelho
Coordinates37.816667°N 25.516667°W
Located inSão Miguel, Açores, Portugal
Contained Places
Freguesia
Calhetas
Conceição
Fenais da Ajuda
Lomba da Maia
Lomba de São Pedro
Maia
Pico da Pedra
Porto Formoso
Rabo de Peixe
Ribeira Seca
Ribeirinha
Inhabited place
Ribeira Grande
Parish
Matriz
São Brás
Unknown
Santa Bárbara


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Ribeira Grande is a municipality in the northern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 32,112, in an area of 180.15 km2. The municipal seat is located in the civil parish of Matriz, with a population of about 4000 inhabitants, part of the urbanized core of what is commonly referred to as the city of Ribeira Grande (six civil parishes, about 10000 inhabitants).

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source: Family History Library Catalog


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