São Brás (Praia da Vitória)
| São Brás | |
| Civil Parish | |
| Official name: Freguesia de São Brás | |
| Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Blaise | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Island | Terceira |
| Municipality | Praia da Vitória |
| Localities | Baldio, Canada da Quinta, Canada das Covas, Cruz, Fundões, Ladeira do Cardosa, Lourais, Quatro Canadas, São Brás |
| Center | São Brás |
| - elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°WCoordinates: 38°45′48″N 27°7′55″W / 38.76333°N 27.13194°W |
| Highest point | Terreiro da Marcela |
| - elevation | 215 m (705 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°44′52″N 27°18′42″W / 38.74778°N 27.31167°W |
| Lowest point | Lourais |
| - elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°46′20″N 27°7′17″W / 38.77222°N 27.12139°W |
| Area | 4.68 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| - urban | .82 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,088 (2011) |
| Density | 232 / km2 (601 / sq mi) |
| Settlement | fl. 1480 |
| - Parish | fl. 1500 |
| - Civil Parish | 17 February 1951 |
| LAU | Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua Padre Alfredo Alves Lucas, Estrada Regional E.R.5-2 |
| - coordinates | 38°45′50″N 27°8′0″W / 38.76389°N 27.13333°W |
| President Junta | Nuno Miguel Aguiar Meneses (PS) |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| Postal Zone | 9760-664 |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX XXX |
  Location of the parish seat of São Brás on the island of Terceira
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| Wikimedia Commons: São Brás (Praia da Vitória) | |
| Website: http://www.jfsaobras.com/ | |
| Geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
São Brás (Portuguese: Saint Blaise) is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,088,[1] in an area of 4.68 km².[2]
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