Santo António de Nordestinho (first part, Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 for "Saint Anthony") is a parish in the municipality of Nordeste, Azores in the Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of 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...

, located near the village and parish of Nordeste.

History

On July 16

July 2002

July 2002: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-July 1, 2002:* A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airliner and a Boeing 757 operated by DHL collide at 35,000 ft over Uberlingen, due to failure of correct communication from...

, 2002, along with Algarvia

Algarvia

Algarvia is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste, on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores.-History:...

 and São Pedro de Nordestinho

São Pedro de Nordestinho

São Pedro de Nordestinho is a parish in the district of Nordeste in the Azores. It was probably the seat where the old parish of Nodestinho was located. It is located west of Nordeste. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking Ponta Delgada and Nordeste. The...

, the parish of Nordestinho cease to exist.

Geography

Santo António de Nordestinho has a school, a church and a square (praça). The main industry is agriculture.