Lomba de São Pedro

Lomba de São Pedro (meaning the Hill of Saint Peter) is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 309, its density is 44.2/km² and the area is 6.99 km². Lomba de São Pedro is the leastly populated parish in population and density in Ribeira Grande. It is located E of Ribeira Grande and W of Nordeste and is linked by the road linking these two parishes. The main industry is agriculture. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north. The mountains dominate the south. The district of Nordeste lies to the east.

Nearest parishes

*Achadinha, E
*Lomba da Maia, W

Geography

*Location:
**Latitude: 37.85 (37°51') N
**Longitude: 25.31667 (25°19') W
*Altitude:
**lowest: Atlantic Ocean
**centre: 64 m (213 ft)

Lomba de São Pedro has a small school and a small square ("praça"), and also a Presbyterian church, something unusual in such a small parish, in a country where Presbyterians number less than 1/2000 of the population.

External links

*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.85&longitude-25.31667zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-25.31667&lat=37.85&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]