Ribeira das Tainhas
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| Ribeira das Tainhas | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
| Official name: Freguesia da Ribeira das Tainhas | |
| Name origin: ribeira das tainhas, Portuguese for river of mullet | |
| Country |  Portugal |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Vila Franca do Campo |
| Center | Ribeira das Tainhas |
| - elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°43′4″N 25°24′39″W / 37.71778°N 25.41083°W |
| Highest point | Mirante do Visconde |
| - location | Picos, Ribeira das Tainhas, Vila Franca do Campo |
| - elevation | 727.31 m (2,386 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°46′29″N 25°24′32″W / 37.77472°N 25.40889°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Length | 2.44 km (2 mi), West-East |
| Width | 7.33 km (5 mi), North-South |
| Area | 9.59 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| - land | 9.24 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| - water | .05 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| - urban | .30 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 782 (2001) |
| Density | 81.54 / km2 (211 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua Padre Furtado Couto, Ribeira das Tainhas, Vila Franca do Campo |
| President Junta | Henrique Humberto Ferreira Resendes (PS) |
| President Assembleia | Arménio Maurício Correia Jardim (PS) |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9680-519 Ribeira das Tainhas |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Anunciação |
| Parish Address | Rua Padre Furtado Couto 9680-519 Ribeira das Tainhas |
| Wikimedia Commons: Ribeira das Tainhas (Vila Franca do Campo) | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Ribeira das Tainhas is a parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 782, its density is 78.9/km² and the area is 9.91 km². It is the smallest parish in area, population and density.
Geography
Ribeira das Tainhas has a school, a lyceum, and a square (praça). It is one of the smallest parishes in population and area in Vila Franca do Campo.
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