São Bento (Angra do Heroísmo)
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São Bento | |
Civil Parish | |
Official name: Freguesia de São Bento | |
Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Benedict | |
Country | Portugal |
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Autonomous Region | Azores |
Island | Terceira |
Municipality | Angra do Heroísmo |
Localities | Caboucos, Canada da Fontinha, Canada do Vale, Carreirinha, Escopins, São Luís, Vale de Linhares |
Center | São Bento |
- elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
- coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Highest point | Terrerinhos |
- location | Serra do Morião |
- elevation | 621 m (2,037 ft) |
- coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lowest point | Sea Level |
- location | Atlantic Ocean |
Area | 10.34 km2 (4 sq mi) |
- urban | 1.03 km2 (0 sq mi) |
Population | 2,000 (2011) |
Settlement | fl. 1500 |
- Parish | c. 1572 |
LAU | Junta Freguesia |
- location | Rua do Arco |
- coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
President Junta | Luís Salvador |
Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
- summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
Postal Zone | 9700-213 |
Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
Patron Saint | São Bento |
Wikimedia Commons: São Bento (Angra do Heroísmo) | |
Website: http://www.jfsaobento.com/ | |
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) |
São Bento is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,000,[1] in an area of 10.34 km².[2] The parish lies at an elevation of 65 metres above sea level.