Candelária (Ponta Delgada)
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Candelária is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
on São Miguel island in the Azores
. The population in 2001 was 1184, its density approximately 136.41/km² and in an area of about 8.68 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel
and is connected by roads linking it to Mosteiros
, Feteiras
and Ponta Delgada
, accessed routine/daily by bus transport. The region is divided between farmlands, which predominate, and forest vegatation along the rim of the Sete Cidades crater (which it borders to the interior).
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. It includes 44,403 residents in the urban area, and approximately 20,113 inhabitants in the three central parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro,...
on São Miguel island in the 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 in 2001 was 1184, its density approximately 136.41/km² and in an area of about 8.68 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel
São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel...
and is connected by roads linking it to Mosteiros
Mosteiros (Ponta Delgada)
Mosteiros is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 1196, its density is 130/km² and the area is 9.2 km². It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads to Ponta Delgada in the south and...
, Feteiras
Feteiras
Feteiras is a civil parish in the southwestern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The mountains which are covered with trees are to the north, while the Atlantic Ocean lies to the south...
and Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. It includes 44,403 residents in the urban area, and approximately 20,113 inhabitants in the three central parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro,...
, accessed routine/daily by bus transport. The region is divided between farmlands, which predominate, and forest vegatation along the rim of the Sete Cidades crater (which it borders to the interior).
Geography
The main industry in this region is agriculture. Candelária has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square (praça).Religious
- Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro (Our Lady of Perpetual Aid)
- Church of Nossa Senhora das Candeias (Our Lady of Candlemas)