Ribeira Chã
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| Ribeira Chã | ||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | ||
 A view of the landscape in Ribeira Chã, located on an escarpment overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, as seen from the Miradouro do Pisão
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| Official name: Freguesia de Ribeira Chã | ||
| Name origin: ribeira chã, Portuguese compound word, for ravine of flatland in rough topography | ||
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
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| Group | Central | |
| Island | São Miguel | |
| Municipality | Lagoa | |
| Localities | Ribeira Chã | |
| Center | Ribeira Chã | |
| - elevation | 97 m (318 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 37°43′11″N 25°29′13″W / 37.71972°N 25.48694°W | |
| Highest point | Aguilhões | |
| - elevation | 668 m (2,192 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 37°44′45″N 25°29′30″W / 37.74583°N 25.49167°W | |
| Lowest point | Sea level | |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | |
| Length | 1.10 km (1 mi), Southwest-Northeast | |
| Width | 3.69 km (2 mi), North-South | |
| Area | 2.5 km2 (1 sq mi) | |
| - land | 2.35 km2 (1 sq mi) | |
| - urban | .15 km2 (0 sq mi) | |
| Population | 366 (2001) | |
| Density | 146.4 / km2 (379 / sq mi) | |
| Settlement | c. 1637 | |
| - Parish | c. 1902 | |
| - Civil Parish | c. 1966 | |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | |
| - location | Avenida Enginheiro Eduardo Arantes de Oliveira, Ribeira Chã, Lagoa | |
| - elevation | 87 m (285 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 37°43′8″N 25°29′12″W / 37.71889°N 25.48667°W | |
| President Junta | Albertina Maria Costa Oliveira | |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) | |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | |
| Postal Zone | 9560 - 550 Ribeira Chã | |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX | |
| Demonym | Micalense | |
| Parish Address | Avenida Enginheiro Eduardo Arantes de Oliveira 9560 - 550 Ribeira Chã |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Ribeira Chã | ||
| Website: http://www.ribeiracha.com/ | ||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | ||
Ribeira Chã is a parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Azores. In 2001 the population was less than 400 inhabitants along a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, about 2.5 km² in area (its density was approximately 146 inhabitants per km²). Along with being the southernmost located parish, Ribeira Chã is the smallest parish by population, area and density in the municipality of Lagoa.
[edit] Geography
Ribeira Chã has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square.
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