Rosais
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Rosais is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas
in the Portuguese
archipelago of the Azores
. Although the 2001 statistics have identified approximately 800 residents in the parish, estimates from 2003 show 1123 people living in the parish (with an area of 24.44 km²; density of , its density is 33.6/km² and ).
Velas
Velas is a municipality in the São Jorge Island, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality encompasses the western portion of the island, with its municipal seat in the town of Velas on the south coast and divided into six parishes....
in the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
archipelago of 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...
. Although the 2001 statistics have identified approximately 800 residents in the parish, estimates from 2003 show 1123 people living in the parish (with an area of 24.44 km²; density of , its density is 33.6/km² and ).