Nossa Senhora da Lapa is a ''

freguesia ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...

'' (civil parish) of

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. It covers the smaller northwestern part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava, on the island of São Nicolau.

Subdivisions

The ''freguesia'' consists of the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Covoada (pop: 155) *

Estância de Brás Estância de Brás (also: ''Estância de Braz'') is a settlement in the northern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated near the north coast, 2 km north of Fajã de Baixo and 6 km northwest of Ribeira Brava. See also *Lis ...

(pop: 320) *

Fajã de Baixo Fajã de Baixo is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 5,050, in an area of 4.06 km².Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 * Queimadas (pop: 299) * Ribeira Funda (pop: 1)

References

Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde Parishes of Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub