Candelária (Ponta Delgada)

Candelária is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1.184, its density is 138.8/km² and the area is 8.53 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking Mosteiros and Ribeira Grande. The mountains which are covered with lovely "laurisilva" trees are to the northeast while the Atlantic Ocean lies to the south and southwest. The main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate within the coastline and while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Feteiras including some rocky coastlines. Candelária is accessed with a bus transport to Ponta Delgada.

Nearest parishes

*Ginetes, north
*Sete Cidades, northeast
*Feteiras, east

Geography

**Latitude: 37.79 (37°47') N
**Longitude: 25.81667 (25°49') W
*Altitude: 123 m (406 m)

Other

Candelária has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square ("praça").

External links

*http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/feteiras/index.shtml (in German)
*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.79&longitude=&25.81667zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.79&lons1=-25.81667&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.79,-26.81667 Google]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=25.81667&lat=37.79&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.79,-25.81667&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
*Location: coord|37|N|25|W|