Ribeira Seca ( Portuguese for "dry stream") is a

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in the

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Vila Franca do Campo Vila Franca do Campo () is a Portuguese town on the island of São Miguel in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It covers an area of 78.00 km² and has a population of 10,323 inhabitants (2021). The municipality is divided into 6 parishes and is ...

on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the

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. The population in 2011 was 1,106, in an area of 5.53 km².Eurostat

History

In June 2002, the civil parish was divided from the neighbouring parish of São Miguel to form its own autonomous local authority.

References

{{authority control Freguesias of Vila Franca do Campo (Azores)