Livramento (Ponta Delgada)

Livramento is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,489, its density is 626.4/km² and the area is 5.57 km². Livramento are has mountains covered with "laurisilva" forests to the north, the Atlantic is to the south, the rest of the lands are made up of farms. Livramento is located in the southwestern part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking Ponta Delgada and Lagoa. The main industry are agriculture and some businesses. Livramento is accessed with a bus transport to Ponta Delgada and Lagoa.

Nearest parishes

*São Pedro, west and northwest
*downtown Ponta Delgada, southwest

Geography

*Location:
**Latitude: 37.75 (37°45') N
**Longitude: 25.61667 (25°37') W
*Altitude:
**Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
**Centre: 20 m (68 ft)
**Highest: northern part

Other

Livramento has two schools, a lyceum, two beaches, a church and a square ("praça").

External links

*http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/relva/index.shtml (in German)
*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.75&longitude=&25.61667zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.75&lons1=-25.61667&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.75,-25.61667 Google]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=25.6667&lat=37.75&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.75,-25.61667&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
*Coordinates: coord|37|45|0|N|25|37|0|W|