Feteiras is a civil parish in the southwestern coast of the municipality of 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,...

 in the Portuguese

Portugal

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 archipelago

Archipelago

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 of 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 mountains which are covered with trees are to the north, while the Atlantic Ocean lies to the south. In 2001 there were 1709 inhabitants occuyping the dispersed communities in an area of 23.45 km² (its density was approximately 73 inhabitants per km²).

History

The population during the 19th century was estimated at 860 people (in approximately 342 homes), and surpassed 1000 residents by the early 20th century.

Geography

Feteiras has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square, and is accessed with a bus transport to Ponta Delgada.

Economy

Agriculture is the primary industry, with farmlands and pasturelands occupying many of the level parcels of land along the coastline.