Ribeira Seca (Portuguese for "dry stream") is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

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

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