Santo António (Ponta Delgada)

Santo António (Portuguese for "Saint Anthony") is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 2,004, its density is 170.8/km² and the area is 11.73 km². It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and connected by roads to Mosteiros and Ribeira Grande. The main industry is agriculture; farmlands dominate the north and east while the mountainous and "laurisilva" forests cover the rest of Santo António to the west and southwest.

Nearest parishes

*Capelas, east
*Feteiras, southwest
*Santa Bárbara, west
*Sete Cidades, southwest

Geography

*Location:
**Latitude: 37.85 (37°51') N
**Longitude: 25.7667 (25°34') W
*Altitude
**Lowest and centre: Atlantic Ocean
**Highest: about 700 m

Other

Santo António has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square ("praça").

External links

*http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/santoantonio/index.shtml (in German)
*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=-37.85&longitude=-25.7667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.85&lons1=-25.7667&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?|=37.85,-25.7667 Google]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-25.7667&lat=37.85&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.85,-25.7667&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
*Coordinates: coord|37|50|0|N|25|41|0|W|