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Altares
Azoresvillage
Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Altares is a village that lies in Azores, Portugal. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Altares maps to 38.783°, -27.290° — squarely within the warm temperate belt. The latitude suggests warm summers and cool winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,526 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 60% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6,460
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves6,353
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves5,879
- Island CanarySerinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5,857
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves5,850
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,198
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,052
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves4,528
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.6 — 2026-05-1033 km SW of Santa Bárbara, Portugal
- M 4.5 — 2025-12-1749 km SE of Porto Martins, Portugal
- M 4.6 — 2025-01-194 km NNW of Ribeirinha, Portugal
- M 4.1 — 2024-04-3062 km SE of Porto Martins, Portugal
- M 4.9 — 2024-01-144 km W of Fonte Bastardo, Portugal
- M 4.5 — 2023-09-2516 km S of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Azores
- Santa Bárbara6.6 mi away · pop. 1,274
- Angra do Heroísmo9.4 mi away · pop. 8,654
- Zdeslav2128.9 mi away · pop. 104
- Hokov2130.1 mi away · pop. 83
- Voltuš2138.9 mi away · pop. 242
- Nová Ves2139.9 mi away · pop. 211
- Dolní Kvaň2140.3 mi away
- Hoděmyšl2141 mi away · pop. 85
- Skuhrov2141.8 mi away · pop. 60
- Kalivody2142.7 mi away · pop. 89
- Strýčkovy2143 mi away · pop. 102
- Lazec2144.9 mi away · pop. 144
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Altares
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INE Portugal
- INE ID
- 430101
- Population (Wikidata)
- 849
- Wikidata
- Q2450825
INE ID via Wikidata P6324
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • INE Portugal — INE ID via Wikidata P6324