Ribeira Seca (Ribeira Grande)

Ribeira Seca
coat of arms map
Basic data
Autonomous Region :	Azores
Concelho :	Ribeira Grande
Coordinates :	37 ° 49 ′  N , 25 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′  N , 25 ° 32 ′  W
Residents:	2950 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	12.59 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	234 inhabitants per km²

Ribeira Seca is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Ribeira Grande . It has 2950 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Well dug up again in Ribeira Seca

On June 2, 1563, the town was destroyed by an eruption of the Pico do Sapateiro. This is reminiscent of a fountain that was buried during the eruption and was discovered by chance during construction work in the 20th century and later uncovered opposite the Igreja de São Pedro parish church .

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
3. ↑ Susanne Jaep: Azores 36. Ostfildern 1998

Web links

Commons : Ribeira Seca  - collection of images, videos and audio files