Vila do Porto (parish)
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| Vila do Porto | ||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | ||
 The secluded village of Valverde, literally green-valley, near the eastern border of the parish of Vila do Porto
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| Official name: Freguesia da Vila do Porto | ||
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
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| Group | Central | |
| Island | Santa Maria | |
| Municipality | Vila do Porto | |
| Localities | Aeroporto, Anjos, Cruz Teixeira, Flor da Rosa, Ginjal, Mãe de Deus, Maria Dias, Matriz, Pedras de São Pedro, Santana, São Antão, Valverde | |
| Center | Ginjal | |
| - elevation | 107 m (351 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 36°58′23″N 25°9′38″W / 36.97306°N 25.16056°W | |
| Highest point | Quatro Canadas | |
| - location | Flor da Rosa, Vila do Porto, Vila do Porto | |
| - elevation | 185.32 m (608 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 36°58′18″N 25°7′48″W / 36.97167°N 25.13°W | |
| Lowest point | Sea level | |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | |
| Length | 4.58 km (3 mi), West-East | |
| Width | 7.72 km (5 mi), North-South | |
| Area | 25.63 km2 (10 sq mi) | |
| - land | 23.37 km2 (9 sq mi) | |
| - urban | 2.26 km2 (1 sq mi) | |
| Population | 2,997 (2001) | |
| Density | 116.93 / km2 (303 / sq mi) | |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | |
| - location | Rua do Cotovelo, Vila do Porto, Vila do Porto | |
| - elevation | 96 m (315 ft) | |
| - coordinates | 36°57′20″N 25°8′33″W / 36.95556°N 25.1425°W | |
| President Junta | José Pereira Sousa | |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) | |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | |
| Postal Zone | 9580-525 Vila do Porto | |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX | |
| Demonym | Mariense; Portoense | |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Assunção | |
| Parish Address | Rua do Cotovelo 9580-525 Vila do Porto |
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 Location of the civil parish of Vila do Porto, within the municipality of the same name
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| Wikimedia Commons: Vila (Vila do Porto) | ||
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | ||
Vila do Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ du ˈpoɾtu]) is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Porto, located in the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The parish has a population of 2997 in 2001, its density is 116 inhabitants/km² and a total area of 25.63 km². Vila do Porto is the southernmost and the easternmost town in the archipelago of Azores.
Not to be confused with the municipality of Vila do Porto, the oldest parish in the Azores includes two areas: a zone below the Matriz Church, that conforms to the medieval roads and village, and a more recent area that has developed along new roadways over a plain (incorporating the Airport barrio) divided by two river-valleys (the São Francisco and Sancho).
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