Achadinha
Sign in to saveAchadinha (from Achada + diminutive -inha, meaning Little Achada) is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste on São Miguel Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 535, in an area of 12.41 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Achadinha
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- São Miguel
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Nordeste
- Portuguese subdivision.image_map
- Locator map AZO SMG NOR Achadinha.svg
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Location of the civil parish of Achandinha, within the municipality of Nordeste
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 12.41
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 173
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 535
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9630-043
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 292
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Nossa Senhora do Rosário
- Portuguese subdivision.website
- http://www.achadinha.net/ <!--
- Portuguese subdivision.footnotes
- Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) -->
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Achadinha (from Achada + diminutive -inha, meaning Little Achada) is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste on São Miguel Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 535, in an area of 12.41 km2.
==History== Achadinha is one of the oldest localities in the municipality of Nordeste, referred to by Gaspar Frutuoso in his chronicle, Saudades da Terra. The settlement of this region dates to the early colonization of the island, when a man from Serra da Estrela region of northern Portugal established a stake along the northern coast. This man constructed a farm and cleared a roadway, that grew to become the principal link to this parish.
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