Ginetes
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| Ginetes | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
 The western coast of Ginetes, showing the localities of Lomba de Cima and Lomba dos Gagos, along the eastern frontier with Candelária
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| Official name: Freguesia dos Ginetes | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Localities | Ginetes, Lomba de Cima, Lomba dos Gagos, Moio, Ginetes, Topo, Várzea |
| Center | Ginetes |
| - elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°50′53″N 25°50′21″W / 37.84806°N 25.83917°W |
| Highest point | Cascalho Negro |
| - location | Sete Cidades Massif, Ginetes, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 561.3 m (1,842 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°51′12″N 25°48′52″W / 37.85333°N 25.81444°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Length | 5.3 km (3 mi), North-South |
| Width | 3.75 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northeast |
| Area | 12.28 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| - land | 11.41 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| - urban | .87 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,267 (2001) |
| Density | 103.18 / km2 (267 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Largo do Tanque, Ginetes, Ponta Delgada |
| President Junta | João Paulo Arruda Medeiros |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9555-064 Ginetes |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense |
| Patron Saint | São João |
| Parish Address | Largo do Tanque 9555-064 Ginetes |
| Wikimedia Commons: Ginetes (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Website: http://www.freguesiadeginetes.pt/ | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Ginetes is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. There were 1267 inhabitants (in 2001), in an area of 12.07 km² (density was 105/km²) that lies on the eastern flank of the Sete Cidades Massif, south of the parish Mosteiros, and linked via the Estrada Regional roadway to other communities in the municipality of Ponta Delgada.
[edit] Geography
The main industries are agriculture and fishing. The Atlantic Ocean is to the west and southwest. The mountains are covered with trees. The rest of the land is farmland, along with barren land.
Ginetes has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square (praça).
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