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Mosteiros (other)
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. It is 20 metres high. Since 2012, the islet forms a part of Island of Pr ..., 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 , p. 32-33 in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo, . It is situated on the coast, 24 km northeast of the island capital São Filipe< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 |
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 sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosteiros Islets
The Mosteiros Islets ( pt, Ilhéus dos Mosteiros; 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 ... [...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. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (''freguesias ''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 ...''): * Assunção * Esperança * Mosteiros Notable people * Isabel Abreu (born 1978) a Portuguese actress. retrie ... [...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. It is 20 metres high. Since 2012, the islet forms a part of Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve The Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve (established 2012) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in São Tomé and Príncipe. It encompasses the entire emerged area of the island of Príncipe, its islets Bom Bom, Boné do Jóquei, Mosteiros, and Ped .... References Uninhabited islands of São Tomé and Príncipe Príncipe {{SaoTomePrincipe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
