Feteiras
Sign in to saveFeteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel, on the south coast. The population in 2011 was 1,571, in an area of .
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Feteiras
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- SMG PDL Feteiras.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The coastal plain of Feteiras, with its surroundings of pasturelands and subdivided parecels
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- São Miguel
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Ponta Delgada
- Portuguese subdivision.image_map
- Locator map AZO SMG PDL Feteiras.svg
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Location of the civil parish of Feteiras in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 23.53
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 406
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 1571
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9500-554
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 292
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Santa Luzia
- Portuguese subdivision.website
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- Portuguese subdivision.footnotes
- Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) -->
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- freguesia of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Ponta Delgada
- Population
- +1557
- Area
- +23.45
- Image
- SMG PDL Feteiras.JPG
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Feteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel, on the south coast. The population in 2011 was 1,571, in an area of .
==History== In the 16th century, the coastal area around the Porto dos Batéis (a name derived from the construction of a great carrack in the locale), was the principal settlement. This lowland region was eventually abandoned and settlers began populating the highland region above the cliffs, extending along the roadway that developed.