Água Retorta is a parish in the district of Povoação

Povoação

Povoação is a municipality located in the southern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. It has a population of 6,696 inhabitants and a total area of 108 km².-Geography:...

 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 is 497, its density is 33.2/km² and the area is 12.55 km². It is located E of Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo

Vila Franca do Campo is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores...

, Ribeira Grande and Furnas

Furnas

Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 1,541, its density is 44.76/km² and the area is 34.43 km². The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores...

. It is also located SE of Ribeira Grande. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking Nordeste and Faial da Terra downhill. The mountains are to the west. Água Retorta is in the northeastern part of the parish and the eastern part of the island. It is the smallest, the highest and the easternmost parish in Povoação.