page_title: Ribeira Grande, Azores
section_title: Human geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ribeira Grande, Azores / Geography / Human geography
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context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The municipality is divided into 14 sub-regional administrative authorities, or freguesias (civil parishes):
  Calhetas
  Conceição (Ribeira Grande)
  Fenais da Ajuda
  Lomba da Maia
  Lomba de São Pedro
  Maia
  Matriz (Ribeira Grande), the main urbanized area, and seat of the municipality, it has a population of just under 4000 inhabitants, and is the socio-cultural centre (location of many of the historical architectural buildings/structures);
  Pico da Pedra
  Porto Formoso
  Rabo de Peixe
  Ribeira Seca
  Ribeirinha
  Santa Bárbara
  São Brás
  The largest parish in population (and density) is Rabo de Peixe, while the smallest is São Brás. In area, the largest parish is Maia, and the smallest is Calhetas. The highest village is Lomba da Maia.
caption: The long beach of Santa Bárbara and Monte Verde, used by surfers
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