Ribeira Seca | |
Civil Parish | |
Official name: Freguesia de Ribeira Seca | |
Name origin: Portuguese for dry stream | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Island | São Miguel |
Municipality | Vila Franca do Campo |
Center | Ribeira Seca |
- elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°43′17″N 25°25′24″W / 37.72139°N 25.42333°WCoordinates: 37°43′17″N 25°25′24″W / 37.72139°N 25.42333°W |
Highest point | Areeiro |
- elevation | 574 m (1,883 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°45′29″N 25°25′40″W / 37.75806°N 25.42778°W |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Area | 5.53 km2 (2 sq mi) |
- water | .00 km2 (0 sq mi) |
- urban | .34 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 1,106 (2011) |
Density | 200/km2 (518/sq mi) |
Settlement | fl. 1500 |
- Parish | fl. 1900 |
- Civil Parish | 13 June 2002 |
LAU | Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua da Palmeira |
President Junta | Dinarte José Resendes Sardinha (PS) |
President Assembleia | Arsénio Chaves Puim (PS) |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
Postal Zone | 9680-021 |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Patron Saint | São João Baptiste |
Website: http://www.jfribeiraseca.com/ | |
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) |
Ribeira Seca (Portuguese for "dry stream") is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,106, in an area of 5.53 km².
In June 2002, the civil parish was divided from the neighbouring parish of São Miguel to form its own autonomous local authority.