Covoada
Sign in to saveCovoada is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,341, in an area of 9.03 km2. It contains the localities Covoada, Nossa Senhora da Graça and Pavões.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Covoada
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- PDL-covoada.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- São Miguel
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Ponta Delgada
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 9.03
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 334
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 1341
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9500-406
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 292
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Nossa Senhora da Ajuda
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Covoada is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,341, in an area of 9.03 km2. It contains the localities Covoada, Nossa Senhora da Graça and Pavões.
==History== The parochial church, Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, dates back to the construction of a chapel in the 16th century by Captain Gaspar de Medeiros the Older (its cupola was paid for by the Santa Casa de Misercórdia of Ponta Delgada).
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