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Calheta (civil Parish)
Calheta may refer to the following places: Cape Verde *Calheta, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Maio * Calheta de São Miguel, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Santiago Portugal In the archipelago of the Azores: *Calheta (Azores), a municipality on the island of São Jorge **Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta *Calhetas, a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, island of São Miguel *Calheta de Nesquim, a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes do Pico, island of Pico In the archipelago of Madeira: *Calheta, Madeira, municipality on the island of Madeira **Arco da Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta **Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta **Estreito da Calheta Estreito da Calheta (Portuguese for ''strait of Calheta'') is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calheta, Cape Verde
Calheta is a townCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the western part of the island of Maio. It is situated on the coast, around 11 km north of the island capital and 6 km north of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calheta De São Miguel, Cape Verde
Calheta may refer to the following places: Cape Verde *Calheta, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Maio * Calheta de São Miguel, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Santiago Portugal In the archipelago of the Azores: *Calheta (Azores), a municipality on the island of São Jorge **Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta *Calhetas, a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, island of São Miguel *Calheta de Nesquim, a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes do Pico, island of Pico In the archipelago of Madeira: *Calheta, Madeira, municipality on the island of Madeira **Arco da Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta **Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta **Estreito da Calheta Estreito da Calheta (Portuguese for ''strait of Calheta'') is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calheta (Azores)
Calheta () is a municipality on the island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality includes the eastern portion of the island of São Jorge and borders the municipality of Velas. The population in 2011 was 3,773, in an area of 126.26 km². History The first reference to São Jorge was in 1439, but it wasn't until 1470, when colonial nuclei dotted the southern and western coast: the first of these colonists were believed to have come from northern Europe. The municipality of Calheta, whose first settlers arrived around the 1480s (principally in the area of Topo, but later into the sheltered coves and fajãs) along the southern coast of the island). The island of São Jorge was ceded to João Vaz Corte-Real on 4 May 1483, becoming the first Captain-Donatario, thus initiating the primary settlement of the island. This phase of development is notable for the settlement of Willem van der Haegen, a Flemish pioneer of Azorean colonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhetas
Calhetas is a ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi .... The population in 2011 was 988, in an area of 4.70 km². Calhetas is the smallest parish in area in Ribeira Grande. It contains the localities Calhetas and Figueira do Mato. References {{authority control Parishes of Ribeira Grande, Azores ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calheta De Nesquim
Calheta de Nesquim is a civil parish, along the southern coast of the municipality of Lajes do Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 343, in an area of 13.81 km2. History In the 16th century, during a tempestuous and dark night, a ship returning from Brazil, loaded with wood, shipwrecked along the southern coast of Pico. Three survived the shipwreck (João Redondo or Rodolfo; João Valim; and the ship's captain, Diogo Vaz Dourado), and were guided to safety by the ship's dog, to a small bay. The dog was named ''"Nesquim"'', and the small bay became known as the ''"Calheta de Nesquim"'' (''small bay of Nesquim''). As the story goes, Nesquim had originally survived the tempest by jumping to safety onto a natural dyke along the coast, called ''Morricão''. It ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calheta, Madeira
Calheta () is a municipality on the southwest coast of Madeira, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,521, in an area of 111.50 km2. History 
The origin of the areas name, are both related to the toponymy of ''Calheta'' (which means "small bay" in ): first, that there existed a small bay or cove, which already had this name, but secondly, that the area of the settlement was the off-port for sugar and collection of wood. Calheta was founded ...
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Arco Da Calheta
Arco da Calheta is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 3,168, in an area of 14.70 km². Arco da Calheta is the largest parish in Calheta in population. Geography The parish of Arco da Calheta is surrounded to the north and west by the parish of Calheta, and east by the municipality of Ponta do Sol (specifically the parishes of and ), fronting the Atlantic Ocean along its southern border. Buildings are found in the amphitheatre-shaped valley, as we ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
