Ribeira das Tainhas is a parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores...

 in the Azores

Azores

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...

. The population in 2001 is 782, its density is 78.9/km² and the area is 9.91 km². It is the smallest parish in area, population and density.

Geography

Ribeira das Tainhas has a school, a lyceum, and a square (praça). It is one of the smallest parishes in population and area in Vila Franca do Campo.