Place:Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal

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NamePonta Delgada
TypeConcelho
Coordinates37.733333°N 25.666667°W
Located inSão Miguel, Açores, Portugal
Contained Places
Freguesia
Ajuda da Bretanha
Arrifes
Candelária
Rosto de Cão
Inhabited place
Ponta Delgada
Parish
Bretanha
Capelas
Covoada
Fajã de Baixo
Fajã de Cima
Fenais da Luz
Feteiras
Ginetes
Livramento
Mosteiros
Pilar da Bretanha
Relva
Remédios
Santa Bárbara
Santa Clara
Santo António
São José
São Pedro
São Roque
São Sebastião
São Vicente Ferreira
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. It includes 44,403 residents in the urban area, and approximately 20,113 inhabitants in the three central parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro, São Sebastião, São José.

Following the revised constitution of 1976, Ponta Delgada is the administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (the Regional Assembly is located in Horta, Faial, while the judiciary and the Roman Catholic diocese are located in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira).

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