Ribeira Grande

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Ribeira Grande

Total population

12,663

Coordinates37.82°, -25.52°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ribeira Grande is a municipality in the northern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 32,112, in an area of 180.15 km2. The municipal seat is located in the civil parish of Matriz, with a population of about 4000 inhabitants, part of the urbanized core of what is commonly referred to as the city of Ribeira Grande.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Henry Bristow

American politician (1840-1906)

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David Dias Pimentel

Portuguese bishop (1941–2021)

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Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro

Portuguese priest (1891-1978)

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Alonso de Benavides

Portuguese missionary

Ana Rocha

Portuguese-American professional wrestler and manager

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Cristóvão de Aguiar

Portuguese writer

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José Joaquín Almeida

Portuguese Barbary corsair (1777-1832)

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João Ventura

Portuguese footballer

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Manny Matos

American soccer player-coach

Manuel Lima

Portuguese non-fiction writer

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Paulo José Tavares

Bishop of Macau

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Numídico Bessone

Portuguese artist

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Manuel de Mederos

Portuguese explorer

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Natalino Viveiros

Portuguese politician

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António Tavares Torres

Portuguese journalist and politician (1856-1936)

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Dinis Moreira da Mota

Portuguese politician (1860-1914)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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