Luz (Santa Cruz da Graciosa)
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Luz is a civil parish
in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa
on the island of Graciosa in the Portuguese
Azores
. The population was 735 (in 2001), in an area of 11.85 km² (a density of 61 inhabitants/km²).
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Santa Cruz da Graciosa is a Portuguese municipality on the island of Graciosa, in the archipelago of the Azores. Its population was 4,777 inhabitants , and included four local parishes, and one municipal government structure, that administered the entire island.-History:While the date of its first...
on the island of Graciosa in the Portuguese
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
. The population was 735 (in 2001), in an area of 11.85 km² (a density of 61 inhabitants/km²).