Cinco Ribeiras
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| 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
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| Official name: Freguesia das Cinco Ribeiras | |
| Name origin: cinco ribeiras Portuguese compound word for five ravines | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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