Água de Pau

:"This article is about the parish. For the volcano of the same name, see" Água de Pau (volcano).Água de Pau is a parish in the district of Lagoa in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,122, its density is 179.1/km² and the area is 17.43 km². It is the third-largest and the second leastly populated parish in Lagoa. It is also the largest in Lagoa.

*Location:
**Latitude: 37.71667 (37°41')
**Longitude: 25.51667 (25°31') W
*Altitude: 30 m (101 ft)

Água de Pau has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, churches and a square.

History

Água de Pau is one of the many oldest villages in the Azores, it became a parish on July 28, 1500.

The island was destroyed in the Earthquake of 1522, it was rebuilt on November 10, 1525.

Água de Pau became a municipality on July 28, 1515, fifteen years after its founding for carta régia of Don Manuel I. The councul was located outside in Ribeira Chã. In 1855, the municipality became a parish as Água de Pau incorporated into Lagoa under the Regional Legislative Decree #29/2003/A, on June 24, the parish of Água de Pau.

External links

*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.71667&longitude=25.51667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=25.51667&lat=37.71667&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]