Ribeira Grande (Azores)
There is also Ribeira Grande in Cape Verde, see Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
Coordinates: 37°49′21″N 25°31′5″W / 37.8225°N 25.51806°W / 37.8225; -25.51806| Ribeira Grande | |||
| Municipality (Concelho) | |||
| Vista of the interior of Ribeira Grande looking southeast towards the Serra de Água de Pau mountain range | |||
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| Official name: Concelho da Ribeira Grande | |||
| Name origin: ribeira grande, Portuguese for great/grand river | |||
| Country | Portugal | ||
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| Autonomous Region | Azores | ||
| Group | Central | ||
| Island | São Miguel | ||
| Municipality | Ribeira Grande | ||
| Civil Parishes | Calhetas, Conceição, Fenais da Ajuda, Lomba da Maia, Lomba de São Pedro, Maia, Matriz, Pico da Pedra, Porto Formoso, Rabo de Peixe, Ribeira Seca, Ribeirinha, Santa Bárbara, São Brás | ||
| Center | Matriz | ||
| - elevation | 36 m (118 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 37°49′21″N 25°31′5″W / 37.8225°N 25.51806°W / 37.8225; -25.51806 | ||
| Highest point | Pico da Barrosa | ||
| - location | Barrosa, Ribeira Seca, Ribeira Grande | ||
| - elevation | 1,018.73 m (3,342 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 37°48′32″N 25°12′48″W / 37.80889°N 25.21333°W / 37.80889; -25.21333 | ||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Length | 32.6 km (20 mi), West-East | ||
| Width | 9.7 km (6 mi), North-South | ||
| Area | 180.09 km2 (70 sq mi) | ||
| - land | 169.93 km2 (66 sq mi) | ||
| - water | 1.66 km2 (1 sq mi) | ||
| - urban | 8.5 km2 (3 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 30,852 (2008) | ||
| Density | 171.31 / km2 (444 / sq mi) | ||
| Settlement | c. 1507 | ||
| LAU | Concelho/Câmara Municipal | ||
| - location | Largo Conselheiro Artur Hintze Ribeiro, Matriz, Ribeira Grande | ||
| - elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 37°49′22″N 25°31′14″W / 37.82278°N 25.52056°W / 37.82278; -25.52056 | ||
| President | Ricardo José Moniz da Silva (PS) | ||
| Municipal Chair | Eduardo da Silva Vieira (PS) | ||
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | ||
| Postal Zone | 9600-509 Ribeira Grande | ||
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX | ||
| Demonym | Micalense; Ribeira-grandense | ||
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Estrela | ||
| Municipal Address | Largo Conselheiro Artur Hintze Ribeiro 9600-509 Ribeira Grande |
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| Municipal Holidays | 29 June | ||
| Location of the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the archipelago of the Azores | |||
| Wikimedia Commons: Ribeira Grande (Azores) | |||
| Website: http://www.cm-ribeiragrande.pt | |||
| Statistics from INE (2008); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |||
Ribeira Grande is a municipality in the northern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores, considered the largest and most populous of the archipelago's municipalities, with a population of 30852 inhabitants (2008). The parish of Matriz, is the municipal seat with a population of about 5300 inhabitants, located in the urbanized core of what is commonly referred to as the city of Ribeira Grande.