Candelária (Madalena)
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Candelária is a civil parish located on the western coast of the island of Pico
, in the municipality of Madalena
in the Azores
. The population in 2001 is 892, its density is 28.1/km² and the area is 31.72 km².
(to the southeast), the parish is primarily a coastal agricultural community. From the coast, for about 2 kilometers, the parish comprises cultivatable lands and settlements, which starts sloping into higher altitudes, reaching its extreme at Ponta do Pico; the parish is basically a pie-shaped wedge, with 8.6 kilometers at its extreme, along the coast. Settled areas are divided equally between hedge-row-divided parcels and forested patches of land, with scrub and natural vegetation occupying higher altitudes.
In addition to central Candelária (which also encompasses the communities of Biscoitos, Alto and Eira) there are smaller hamlets within the borders that follow the regional roadway, such as: Monte, Mirateca and Campo Raso.
The town of Candelária has a primary school, several churches and chapels, ports and village squares.
Pico Island
Pico Island , is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores noted for its eponymous volcano, Ponta do Pico, which is the highest mountain in Portugal, the Azores, and the highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
, in the municipality of Madalena
Madalena (Azores)
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. The municipality has a population of 6,184 inhabitants and a total area of 147.1 km²...
in the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
. The population in 2001 is 892, its density is 28.1/km² and the area is 31.72 km².
Geography
Linked by the Regional E.R.1-1ª roadway to the parishes of Criação Velha (to the north) and São CaetanoSão Caetano (Madalena)
São Caetano is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena along the southwestern coast of the island of Pico, the Portuguese Azores. It occupies an area of 24.36 km², with approximately 550 inhabitants as of 2001 .-Geography:The parish is located in the southern part of the municipality...
(to the southeast), the parish is primarily a coastal agricultural community. From the coast, for about 2 kilometers, the parish comprises cultivatable lands and settlements, which starts sloping into higher altitudes, reaching its extreme at Ponta do Pico; the parish is basically a pie-shaped wedge, with 8.6 kilometers at its extreme, along the coast. Settled areas are divided equally between hedge-row-divided parcels and forested patches of land, with scrub and natural vegetation occupying higher altitudes.
In addition to central Candelária (which also encompasses the communities of Biscoitos, Alto and Eira) there are smaller hamlets within the borders that follow the regional roadway, such as: Monte, Mirateca and Campo Raso.
The town of Candelária has a primary school, several churches and chapels, ports and village squares.