Ribeira Seca is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,025,[1] in an area of 53.77 km2.[2] It contains the localities Aveiro, Caldeira de Cima, Caminhos Novos, Canada de Baixo, Faja da Entre Ribeiras, Fajã da Figueira, Fajã da Fonte Nicolau, Fajã das Cubres, Fajã de Além, Fajã do Belo, Fajã do Sanguinhal, Fajã do Santo Cristo, Fajã dos Bodes, Fajã dos Vimes, Fajã Redonda, Grotão Fundo, Loiral de Baixo, Loiral de Cima, Lomba, Pojal, Portal, Ribeira Seca, São Bartolomeu and Silveira.
Ribeira Seca | |
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 View of the coastal zone of Ribeira Seca, with the village of Lourais in the distance. | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Ribeira Seca Location in the Azores  Ribeira Seca Ribeira Seca (São Jorge) | |
| Coordinates: 38°35′53″N 27°58′48″W / 38.59806°N 27.98000°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Auton. region | Azores |
| Island | São Jorge |
| Municipality | Calheta |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.77 km2 (20.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,025 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−01:00 (AZOT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+00:00 (AZOST) |
| Postal code | 9850-219 |
| Area code | 292 |
| Patron | São Tiago Maior |
Architecture
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Civic
edit- Manorhouse of the Noronhas (Portuguese: Solar dos Noronhas), a 16th-century Baroque manorhouse, constructed by the prestigious Noronha family;[3]
Religious
edit- Sanctuary of Santo Cristo da Caldeira (Portuguese: Capela do Santo Cristo da Caldeira/Santuário do Santo Cristo da Caldeira)
- Church of São Tiago (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Ribeira Seca/Igreja de São Tiago)
References
edit- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Eurostat Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nóe, Paula (2012), SIPA (ed.), Solar dos Noronhas (IPA.00033680/PT071902040009) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA –Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 3 January 2015