Porto Formoso

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Porto Formoso
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Porto Formoso (Azores)
Porto Formoso
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Ribeira Grande
Coordinates : 37 ° 49 ′  N , 25 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′  N , 25 ° 25 ′  W
Residents: 1265 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 12.79 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 99 inhabitants per km²

Porto Formoso ("Beautiful Harbor") is a Portuguese municipality ( Freguesia ) in the Ribeira Grande district in the Azores . It has 1265 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The Church of Porto Formoso

The place has a fishing port. Above the village is the Chá do Porto Formoso tea factory , which was reopened with the help of EU funds in 2000 and produces black tea on 6 hectares.

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu