Capelo
Sign in to saveCapelo () is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Azorean archipelago. The population in 2011 was 486, in an area of 26.64 km2. Capelo may be considered the westernmost settlement of Eurasia, if Fajã Grande, on Flores Island, is considered part of North America, for it sits on the North American Plate.
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Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Capelo
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Capelinhos landscape4.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The western landscape of Capelo, showing the Capelinhos Volcano, as it appeared (c.1990)
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- Faial
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Horta
- Portuguese subdivision.image_map
- Locator map AZO HOR Capelo.svg
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Location of the civil parish of Capelo within the municipality of Horta
- Portuguese subdivision.established_date
- Settlement: fl. 1550Civil parish: c. 1600
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 26.64
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 263
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 486
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9900-302
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 292
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Santíssima Trindade
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- freguesia of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Horta
- Population
- 528
- Area
- 25.93
- Image
- Capelinhos landscape4.jpg
- Dialing code
- 292
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- Commons category
- Capelo (Horta)
- postal code
- 9900-302
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Gallery (4)
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