São Nicolau (disambiguation)
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São Nicolau means "Saint Nicholas
" in Portuguese.
It also refers to the following places:
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
" in Portuguese.
It also refers to the following places:
Brazil
- São Nicolau (Rio Grande do Sul) - municipalityMunicipalityA municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the state of Rio Grande do SulRio Grande do SulRio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine... - São Nicolau RiverSão Nicolau River-References:*...
- a river in the state of PiauíPiauíPiauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland...
Portugal
- São Nicolau (Lisbon)São Nicolau (Lisbon)São Nicolau is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Lisbon. It is 0.25 km² in area with 1,175 inhabitants as of 2001....
, a parishFreguesiaFreguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
of the municipalityMunicipalities of PortugalIn Portugal, municipality or concelho is the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country.Portugal has an entirely separate system of cities and towns. Cities and towns are located in municipalities, but often do not have the same boundaries, even if built-up is continuous...
of LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... - São Nicolau (Porto)São Nicolau (Porto)São Nicolau is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Porto. It is 0.21 km² in area with 2,937 inhabitants as of 2001....
, a parish of the municipality of PortoPortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes... - São Nicolau (Marco de Canaveses), a parish of the municipality of Marco de CanavesesMarco de CanavesesMarco de Canaveses is a city and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The city itself has a population of 9,042.It is the birth place of Carmen Miranda.- Geography :...
- São Nicolau (Mesão Frio), a parish of the municipality of Mesão FrioMesão FrioMesão Frio is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 26.7 km² and a total population of 4,652 inhabitants, composed of seven parishes in the district of Vila Real.-History:...
- São Nicolau (Santarém), a parish of the municipality of SantarémSantarém, PortugalSantarém is a city in the Santarém Municipality in Portugal. The city itself has a population of 28,760 and the entire municipality has 64,124 inhabitants.It is the capital of Santarém District....
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