Salga
Sign in to saveSalga is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste in Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. In 2011, the population of Salga was 488. thumb|175px|left|The Church of São José erected on the lands of Casa da Misericórdia ==History== Salga's settlement occurred late in the population of the island of São Miguel and the chronologist Gaspar Frutuoso referred to this territory as a land of natural pastures, used for hunting and wild "mountain pigs". It is from this that its name was given.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Salga
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Miradouro do Salto da Farinha, Nordeste, ilha de São Miguel, Açores.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The lookout at Salto da Farinha, in the parish of Salga, showing the interior river-valley
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- São Miguel
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Nordeste
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 7.71
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 220
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 488
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9630-282
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 292
- 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
- Nordeste
- Population
- +484
- Area
- +8.55
- Image
- Miradouro do Salto da Farinha, Nordeste, ilha de São Miguel, Açores.JPG
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Salga is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste in Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. In 2011, the population of Salga was 488. thumb|175px|left|The Church of São José erected on the lands of Casa da Misericórdia ==History== Salga's settlement occurred late in the population of the island of São Miguel and the chronologist Gaspar Frutuoso referred to this territory as a land of natural pastures, used for hunting and wild "mountain pigs". It is from this that its name was given.
A little before 1746, a hermitage dedicated to Saint Joseph was first erected. At this time there were about 43 homes.