Santo António (Ponta Delgada)
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| Santo António | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
 Santo António, with the parochial church central to the residential homes
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| Official name: Freguesia da Santo António | |
| Name origin: Portuguese for SaintAnthony of Padua | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Center | Santo António |
| - elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°51′22″N 25°42′23″W / 37.85611°N 25.70639°W |
| Highest point | Pico da Cruz 2º |
| - location | Sete Cidades Massif, Santo António, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 852.13 m (2,796 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°50′43″N 25°45′26″W / 37.84528°N 25.75722°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Length | 6.39 km (4 mi), Southwest-Northeast |
| Width | 2.96 km (2 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
| Area | 11.76 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| - land | 11.01 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| - urban | .75 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,004 (2001) |
| Density | 170.41 / km2 (441 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua da Mãe de Deus, Santo António, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°51′33″N 25°42′6″W / 37.85917°N 25.70167°W |
| President Junta | Domingos Paulo Arruda Vasconcelos |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense |
| Patron Saint | Santo António |
| Parish Address | Rua da Mãe de Deus, 7 B 9500-321 |
| Wikimedia Commons: Santo António (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Santo António (Portuguese for "Saint Anthony") is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 2,004, its density is 170.8/km² and the area is 11.73 km². It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and connected by roads to Mosteiros and Ribeira Grande. The main industry is agriculture; farmlands dominate the north and east while the mountainous and laurisilva forests cover the rest of Santo António to the west and southwest.
[edit] Geography
Santo António has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).
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