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Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Auton region
- Azores
- Island
- Faial
- Established
- Settlement: c. 1467, Town: c. 1498, City/Municipality: 4 July 1833
- President
- José Leonardo Goulart da Silva
- Total
- 173.06 km (66.82 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 404 m (1,325 ft)
- Density
- 82.809/km (214.48/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−01:00 (AZOT)
- Summer dst
- UTC+00:00 (AZOST)
- Postal code
- 9900-997
- Patron
- Santíssimo Salvador da Horta
- Local holiday
- 24 June
- Website
- https://www.cmhorta.pt
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Município da Horta
- Population
- 14331
- Area
- 173.06
- Elevation
- 0
- Official website
- www.cmhorta.pt
- Image
- Vista de Horta desde el mirador de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Isla de Fayal, Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-26, DD 13.jpg
- Dialing code
- 292
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- Commons category
- Horta (Azores)
- postal code
- 9900
- inception
- 1467-00-00
- P8168
- Roeland Raes
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Horta, officially the Very Loyal City of Horta, is a city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial, being coterminous with the Horta Municipality (Município da Horta). The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of 173.06 square kilometres (66.82 mi). The city of Horta itself has a population of about 7,000.
Horta's marina is a primary stop for yachts crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and its walls and walkways are covered with paintings created by visitors noting the names of their vessels, crews, and the years they visited. Peter's Cafe Sport is a bar located across from the marina that houses the island's scrimshaw museum, a collection of artifacts carved from whale tooth and jawbone. Peter's is a point of reference for transatlantic yachters and sailors.