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Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Posto SantoCivil Parish
Angra do HeroísmoMunicipality
TerceiraIsland
AzoresAutonomous Region
PortugalCountry

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Area:
22 km2
Mindat Locality ID:
146930
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:146930:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azoren, Portugal
Portuguese:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha da Terceira, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal
Russian:
Пошту-Санту, Ангра-ду-Эроишму, Терсейра, Азорские острова, Португалия
Spanish:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Isla Terceira, Azores, Portugal
Asturian:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores
Cebuano:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores
Dutch:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azoren, Portugal
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Posto Santo, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores


A civil parish of Angra do Heroímo municipality.

Volcanic island.

Note: Posto Santo should not be confused with Porto Santo which is an island close to Madeira Island.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posto_Santo
Wikidata ID:Q931004
GeoNames ID:3372768


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