Fenais da Luz
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Fenais da Luz is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
on the island of São Miguel
in the Portuguese
Azores
. In 2001 its population was less than 2000 inhabitants in an administrative area that is less than approximately 10 km². Connected to the rest of the island by the regional roadway, Fenais da Luz is located on the north coast in rich pastureland dedicated to agriculture and dairy production.
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. It includes 44,403 residents in the urban area, and approximately 20,113 inhabitants in the three central parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro,...
on the island of São Miguel
São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel...
in the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
. In 2001 its population was less than 2000 inhabitants in an administrative area that is less than approximately 10 km². Connected to the rest of the island by the regional roadway, Fenais da Luz is located on the north coast in rich pastureland dedicated to agriculture and dairy production.