- Ponta Garça
Ponta Garça is a parish in the district of
Vila Franca do Campo in theAzores . The population in2001 is 3,577, its density is 129.1/km² and the area is 27.7 km². It is the largest parish in Vila Franca do Campo. It is located on a road linking Lagoa andPonta Delgada and the eastern part of the island. It is located E of Ponta Delgada and Lagoa, SE ofRibeira Grande and W ofPovoação . The main industry are agriculture and manufacturing. TheAtlantic Ocean is to the south, farmlands are in the central part and the mountains which are covered with "laurisilva " forests to the north.Nearest parishes
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Água de Alto , W
*Furnas , EGeography
*Location:
**Latitude: 37.71667 (37°43') N
**Longitude: 25.3667 (25°22') W
*Altitude: sea levelOther
Ponta Garça has 3 eleementary schools, and a church.
External links
*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.71667&longitude=-25.3667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-25.3667&lat=37.71667&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]
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