| Porto Martins | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
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A panoramic vista of the coast of Porto Martins, and the extinct spatter cone Capitão
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| Official name: Freguesia de Porto Martins | |
| Name origin: porto martins, Portuguese for Martins Port | |
| Country | Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region | Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | Terceira |
| Municipality | Praia da Vitória |
| Localities | Ponta da Maria, Ponta Negra, Porto do São Fernando, Porto Martins, Praia de Porto Martins, Senhora dos Remédios, Recanto, Santo António, Serra, Santa Margarida |
| Center | Porto Martins |
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| Highest point | Capitão |
| - elevation | 150.25 m (493 ft) |
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| Lowest point | Sea level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Area | 3.43 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| - land | 2.54 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| - urban | .89 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua Capitão João B. Pamplona, Porto Martins, Praia da Vitória |
| President Junta | Ana Rita Meneses Branco (PS) |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9760-090 Porto Martins |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Terceirense |
| Patron Saint | Santa Margarida |
| Parish Address | Rua Capitão João B. Pamplona, Edifício Casa do Povo 9760-090 Porto Martins |
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Location of the parish seat of Porto Martins on the island of Terceira
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| Wikimedia Commons: Porto Martins (Praia da Vitória) | |
| Website: http://www.freguesiaportomartins.com/ | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Porto Martins is a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese Azores.
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Porto Martins was deannexed from the neighbouring parish of Cabo da Praia on 9 May 2001, by force of Regional Decree No.11/2001/A, 26 June.
The parish owes a lot to the philanthropy of José Coelho Pamplona, 1st Viscount of Porto Martim, a native of the parish, who donated funds towards the construction of the parochial church, expanding the older Chapel of Santa Margarida, the primary school, in addition to the primitive system of fountains, which supported the local population. The Viscount was an illustrious figure in the Portuguese community in São Paulo.
Porto Martins landscape is varied, characterized by rock-covered vineyards and orchards, particularly olive fields, which are uncharacteristic of the humid climate.