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Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island

S?o Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous of the Azores Islands archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants ; the largest town is Ponta Delgada, with about 45,000 inhabitants....
 in the Azores
Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
, an autonomous region of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
. The city proper has a population of 46,102 and the municipality has a population of 64,516 for a total area of 233.0 km². It serves as the seat of the executive government of the Azores Autonomous Region.

a Delgada is the tourist
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 heart of the Azores.

To the north of Ponta Delgada are the suburbs of Fajã de Baixo and Fajã de Cima.






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Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island

S?o Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous of the Azores Islands archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants ; the largest town is Ponta Delgada, with about 45,000 inhabitants....
 in the Azores
Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
, an autonomous region of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
. The city proper has a population of 46,102 and the municipality has a population of 64,516 for a total area of 233.0 km². It serves as the seat of the executive government of the Azores Autonomous Region.

Economy

Ponta Delgada Square and House
Ponta Delgada is the tourist
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 heart of the Azores.

To the north of Ponta Delgada are the suburbs of Fajã de Baixo and Fajã de Cima. Fajã de Baixo is agricultural with pineapple
Pineapple

Pineapple is the common name for an edible tropical plant and also its fruit. It is native to the southern part of Brazil, and Paraguay. This herbaceous plant perennial plant grows to tall with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves long, surrounding a thick plant stem....
 cultivation. Fajã de Cima is famous for its festivities. To the eastern side of Ponta Delgada is the suburb of "São Roque" which is gradually becoming part of the city itself as it expands along the coast with the construction of a new marina and a seaside walk with leisure facilities

Geography

Bordering the north-western part of the city is the mountain range of Sete Cidades
Sete Cidades

Sete Cidades is also national park in the state of Piau?, Brazil, see Sete Cidades, Piau?Sete Cidades is one of the most beautiful natural settings in the Azores, composed of two lakes in the center of a volcanic crater about three miles across....
 in which are located the valley and lake of the same name.

Ponta Delgada's sister city in the United States is Fall River
Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, Massachusetts, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island and west of New Bedford, Massachusetts....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
.

Facilities

  • Marina
    Marina

    A marina is a sheltered harbor where boats and yachts are kept in the water and where services geared to the needs of recreational boating are found....
    .
  • Airport Ponta Delgada
    João Paulo II Airport

    Jo?o Paulo II Airport , named for Pope John Paul II, is an airport located on the island of S?o Miguel Island, less than 3 km west of the city of Ponta Delgada on the Azores in Portugal....
    (PDL); lies on the western edge of the city, with flights to the other islands, mainland Portugal, other European cities and North America(USA and Canada).
  • Universidade dos Açores (University of Azores) is in Ponta Delgada.
  • Soccer teams for Ponta Delgada are Clube Desportivo Santa Clara (Divisão de Honra (Honor League)), Clube União Micaelense (2ª Divisão B (2nd league)) and Marítimo da Calheta (Campeonato de S.Miguel (regional league)).


Parishes

The municipality is composed of 24 parishes.

Notable natives

  • Antero de Quental
    Antero de Quental

    Antero Tarqu?nio de Quental , old spelling Anthero, , Portugal poet, was born in Ponta Delgada on S?o Miguel Island, in the Azores, into one of the oldest families of the provincial captaincies on the island, his parents being Fernando de Quental , a veteran from Portuguese Liberal Wars who took part in the Landing of Mindelo and, in his li...
     (April 18, 1842 - September 11, 1891), a Portuguese poet
  • Teófilo Braga
    Teófilo Braga

    Joaquim Te?filo Fernandes Braga, commonly known as Te?filo Braga , was a Portuguese people politician, writer and playwright. His debut in literature was "Folhas Verdes" ....
     (February 24, 1843 - January 28, 1924 in Lisbon
    Lisbon

    Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
    ), a Portuguese writer and the second president of Portugal
  • Roberto Ivens
    Roberto Ivens

    Roberto Ivens was a Portugal European exploration of Africa, Geographer, colonial administrator, and an officer of the Portuguese Navy....
     (June 12, 1850 in the parish of São Pedro - January 28, 1898 in Dafundo, Lisbon
    Lisbon

    Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
    ), an African explorer.
  • Pauleta
    Pauleta

    Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, Order of Infante D. Henrique , nicknamed Pauleta , is a former Portugal professional football , in the striker position....
     (April 28, 1973 - ; born Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes), football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    er and all-time leading goal scorer for the Portugal national team
    Portugal national football team

    The Portugal national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation , finishing 4th at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first appearance in the 1966 FIFA World cup saw them reach the semi final, losing 2-1 at Wembley Stadium to the eventual world champions England national football team....
  • Nelly Furtado
    Nelly Furtado

    Nelly Kim Furtado is a Grammy Award-winning Canada singer of Portuguese people ancestry. She is a singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress....
    , born Portuguese Canadian, of Azorian Roots


Panorama


External links


  • - Official page of the city (in Portuguese)