São Brás (Praia da Vitória)
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São Brás is a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória
on the Portuguese
island of Terceira
in the Azores
. The landlocked parish, covers an area of 4.68 km² and its population in 2001 was just over 1012 inhabitants (approximately 216 residents per km²): it is the smallest parish within the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Praia da Vitória
Praia da Vitória is a municipality in Portugal's Autonomous Region of the Azores. The second largest administrative division on the island of Terceira, Praia da Vitória occupies the northern coast of the island and extends halfway into the interior having at its frontiers Pico Alto and the shield...
on 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...
island of Terceira
Terceira Island
Referred to as the “Ilha Lilás” , Terceira is an island in the Azores archipelago, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the larger islands of the archipelago, with a population of 56,000 inhabitants in an area of approximately 396.75 km²...
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 landlocked parish, covers an area of 4.68 km² and its population in 2001 was just over 1012 inhabitants (approximately 216 residents per km²): it is the smallest parish within the municipality of Praia da Vitória.