Cinco Ribeiras

Cinco Ribeiras
Cinco Ribeiras
Nossa Senhora do Pilar
Civil Parish (Freguesia)
The coastline along the southern frontier of Cinco Ribeiras near the Grote of the same name
Official name: Freguesia das Cinco Ribeiras
Name origin: cinco ribeiras Portuguese compound word for five ravines
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Group Central
Island Terceira
Municipality Angra do Heroísmo
Center Nossa Senhor do Pilar
 - elevation 121 m (397 ft)
 - coordinates 38°41′0″N 27°19′1″W / 38.683333°N 27.31694°W / 38.683333; -27.31694
Highest point Santa Bárbara
 - location Serra da Santa Bárbara, Cinco Ribeiras, Angra do Heroísmo
 - elevation 987.04 m (3,238 ft)
 - coordinates 38°43′50″N 27°18′50″W / 38.73056°N 27.31389°W / 38.73056; -27.31389
Lowest point Sea Level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
Length 7.3 km (5 mi), North-South
Width 2.31 km (1 mi), West-East
Area 10.8 km2 (4 sq mi)
 - land 10.66 km2 (4 sq mi)
 - urban .14 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 684 (2001)
Density 63.3 / km2 (164 / sq mi)
Settlement fl. 1800
 - Parish c. 1867
 - Civil Parish c. 1879
LAU Freguesia/Junta Freguesia
 - location Estrada Monsenhor José Machado Lourenço, Cinco Ribeiras, Angra do Heroísmo
President Junta José Cipriano Sousa Martins
President Assembleia Regina de Fátima Rocha Dias Cardoso
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
ISO 3166-2 code PT-
Postal Zone 9700-321 Cinco Ribeiras
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX
Demonym Terceirense
Patron Saint Nossa Senhora do Pilar
Parish Address Estrada Monsenhor José Machado Lourenço, 34
9700-321 Cinco Ribeiras
Wikimedia Commons: Cinco Ribeiras (Angra do Heroísmo)
Website: http://www.jf5ribeiras.com/
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Cinco Ribeiras is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 684, its population density was 63.3/km², and the land area is 10.8 km².


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