Doze Ribeiras

Doze Ribeiras
Civil Parish
Official name: Freguesia das Doze Ribeiras
Name origin: Portuguese for twelve streams
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Island Terceira
Municipality Angra do Heroísmo
Center Doze Ribeiras
 - elevation 237 m (778 ft)
 - coordinates 38°42′58″N 27°21′39″W / 38.71611°N 27.36083°W / 38.71611; -27.36083Coordinates: 38°42′58″N 27°21′39″W / 38.71611°N 27.36083°W / 38.71611; -27.36083
Highest point Santa Bárbara
 - elevation 996 m (3,268 ft)
 - coordinates 38°44′18″N 27°19′29″W / 38.73833°N 27.32472°W / 38.73833; -27.32472
Lowest point Sea Level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
Area 10.41 km2 (4 sq mi)
 - urban .02 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 513 (2011)
Density 49 / km2 (127 / sq mi)
LAU Junta Freguesia
 - location Ribeira das Doze
 - coordinates 38°43′7″N 27°21′41″W / 38.71861°N 27.36139°W / 38.71861; -27.36139
President Junta Paulo Agostinho Fagundes Cota (PS)
President Assembleia Tarcísio Manuel Ávila Meneses (PS)
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
Postal Zone 9700 – 339
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX
Patron Saint São Jorge
Wikimedia Commons: Doze Ribeiras (Angra do Heroísmo)
Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Doze Ribeiras is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 513,[1] in an area of 10.41 km².[2]

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