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Ponta Delgada
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municipality in Azores, Portugal
Ponta Delgada is the largest city in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal located in the Atlantic Ocean. It serves as the economic and administrative center of the archipelago, making it an important hub for the islands' population and commerce.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Azores
- Contains
- São Sebastião
- Population
- 68809
- Area
- 232.99
- Elevation
- 0
- Capital of
- Azores
- Shares border with
- Lagoa
- Official website
- www.cm-pontadelgada.pt
- Image
- Vista sobre Ponta Delgada, foto tirada do adro da Igreja da Mãe de Deus, Ilha de São Miguel, Açores.JPG
- Dialing code
- 296
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- twinned administrative body
- Pleven
- Commons category
- Ponta Delgada (Azores)
- topic's main category
- Category:Ponta Delgada
- category for people born here
- Q8068719
- postal code
- 9504
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ponta Delgada
- inception
- 1450-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Ponta Delgada (City on São Miguel Island)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- located in/on physical feature
- São Miguel Island
- different from
- Ponta Delgada
- P8168
- Naftali Herz Imber
- P11012
- Clarie Coast
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.cm-pontadelgada.pt/pages/336
- phone number
- +351-296-304-400
- fax number
- +351-296-304-401
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Encyclopedic overview
Ponta Delgada ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpõtɐ ðɛlˈɣaðɐ] ; lit. 'Thin Cape') is the largest municipality (concelho) and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,287 inhabitants, in an area of 232.99 square kilometres (89.96 square miles). There are 17,629 residents in the three central civil parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro, São Sebastião, and São José. Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic See remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta.
History
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