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Mosteiros Trás
Mosteiros, Portuguese for ''monasteries'', may refer to the following places: __NOTOC__ Cape Verde *Mosteiros, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Fogo *Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipality on the island of Fogo Portugal *Mosteiros (Ponta Delgada), a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, Azores *Mosteiros Islets, a group of islets off the coast of the civil parish of Mosteiros (not to be confused with the islet in Príncipe mentioned below) *Mosteiros, a civil parish in the municipality of Arronches São Tomé and Príncipe * Ilhéu dos Mosteiros Ilhéu dos Mosteiros is an uninhabited islet in the Gulf of Guinea, part of São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies about 0.8 km off the northeast coast of the island of Príncipe Príncipe (; ) is the smaller, northern major island of the countr ..., an islet near Príncipe See also * Mosteiro (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosteiros, Cape Verde
Mosteiros (; also: ''Cidade da Igreja'' ) is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde), Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, Fogo, Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, northeast of the island capital São Filipe, Cape Verde, São Filipe. It is the seat of the Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality), Mosteiros Municipality and of the civil parish ''Nossa Senhora da Ajuda''. At the 2010 census its population was 9,524 making it the island's second most populated place. 
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Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality)
Mosteiros is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo, it covers 19% of the island area, and is home to 26% of its population. Its seat is the city Mosteiros (''Igreja''). Its population was 9,524 at the 2010 census, and its area is 89.45 km2. Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''freguesia'' (civil parish), Nossa Senhora da Ajuda. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (populations in 2010): * Achada Grande (pop: 538) * Atalaia (pop: 700) * Corvo (pop: 340) * Cova Feijoal (pop: 217) * Cutelo Alto (pop: 281) * Fajãzinha (pop: 84) * Feijoal (pop: 435) * Mosteiros (or ''Igreja'') (pop: 4,124, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosteiros (Ponta Delgada)
Mosteiros is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the Portuguese island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,123, in an area of . It contains the localities Chã das Machadas, Lomba dos Homens, Lombinha and Mosteiros. History It was only around 1480, that the first people began to settle this part of the island, mostly by the maritime access, for many years. The community of Mosteiros was built on ancestral fishing for many years, even as its territory was cultivated by farmers. The name Mosteiros, meaning monastery in the Portuguese language, refers to nearby islets: the largest of these islets is shaped like a church.DRAC (2010), p.30 As Gaspar Frutuoso noted: :''"Between the large islet and ponta Ruiva, by the cliffs, until the promontory of Escalvados, there are some large depressions and well made fumaroles, in the form of a church, or monasteries, or of both things, that older settlers called ''the monasteries'' osteiros situated o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosteiros Islets
The Mosteiros Islets (; literally, ''Islets of the Monasteries'') are four uninhabited rocky islets located about from the settlement of Mosteiros, off the extreme northwestern coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. History and etymology The Mosteiros Islets gave the neighboring municipality of Mosteiros its name. According to Azorean chronicler Gaspar Frutuoso, the earliest settlers to the area thought the largest of the islets looked like a church or monastery, and therefore named the islets and their settlement Mosteiros. Frutuoso noted: :''"Between the large islet and Ponta Ruiva, by the cliffs, until the promontory of Escalvados, there are some large depressions and well made fumaroles, in the form of a church, or monasteries, or of both things, that older settlers called ''the monasteries'' osteiros situated on the fajã that ran from the peak in Sete Cidades''." Geography The Mosteiros Islets are the exposed remains of a sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arronches
Arronches () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,165, in an area of 314.65 km2. The municipality is located by the Serra de São Mamede in Portalegre District. The present Mayor is Fermelinda Carvalho ( PSD) and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Abílio Panasco (PSD). The municipal holiday is June 24, after Saint John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist .... Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Assunção * Esperança * Mosteiros Notable people * Isabel Abreu (born 1978) a Portuguese actress. retri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilhéu Dos Mosteiros
Ilhéu dos Mosteiros is an uninhabited islet in the Gulf of Guinea, part of São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies about 0.8 km off the northeast coast of the island of Príncipe Príncipe (; ) is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Cens .... It is 20 metres high. Since 2012, the islet forms a part of Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve. The islet is known for its striking volcanic rock formations. References Uninhabited islands of São Tomé and Príncipe Príncipe {{SaoTomePrincipe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |