Candelária (Ponta Delgada)
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| Candelária | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
 Candelária as seen from southern coast, São Miguel
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| Official name: Freguesia de Candelária | |
| Name origin: candélaria, Portuguese for The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, also referred to as Candlemas | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Localities | Albinos, Candelária, Canto Redondo, Chão da Lomba da Cruz, Lombinha, Paraíso, Pinheiro, Socorro, Vale |
| Center | Paraiso |
| - elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°49′39″N 25°48′55″W / 37.8275°N 25.81528°W |
| Highest point | Casal |
| - location | Sete Cidades Massif, Candelária, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 655.72 m (2,151 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°50′18″N 25°47′30″W / 37.83833°N 25.79167°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean, Candelária, Ponta Delgada |
| Length | 3.02 km (2 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
| Width | 4.67 km (3 mi), Southwest-Northeast |
| Area | 8.68 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| - land | 8.11 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| - urban | .57 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,184 (2001) |
| Density | 136.41 / km2 (353 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Ramal da Igreja, Candelária, Ponta Delgada |
| President Junta | Roberto Carlos de Melo Amaral |
| President Assembleia | Celso Filipe Melo Arruda |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9555-024 Candelária |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense; Candelarenses |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora das Candeias |
| Parish Address | Ramal da Igreja 9555-024 Candelária |
| Wikimedia Commons: Candelária (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Candelária is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on São Miguel island in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 1184, its density approximately 136.41/km² and in an area of about 8.68 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking it to Mosteiros, Feteiras and Ponta Delgada, accessed routine/daily by bus transport. The region is divided between farmlands, which predominate, and forest vegatation along the rim of the Sete Cidades crater (which it borders to the interior).
[edit] Geography
The main industry in this region is agriculture. Candelária has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square (praça).
[edit] Architecture
[edit] Religious
- Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro (English: Our Lady of Perpetual Aid)
- Church of Nossa Senhora das Candeias (English: Our Lady of Candlemas)
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