Ponta Delgada is a parish in the district of São Vicente in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 1,325, its density is 150.6/km² and the area is 8.8 km². It is the smallest parish in population and density and the second in area. It is located east of São Vicente. The main industry are agriculture with some businesses. It is connected with a road linking São Vicente and the western part of the island and Santana. The Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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 is to the north. The mountains are to the south. The parish of Santana lies to the east.

Nearest parishes

• São Vicente, west
• Curral das Freiras
  Curral das Freiras
  Curral das Freiras , is a civil parish in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. In 2001 the popylation was just over 1673 residents, in an area that covers 25.07 km² of the interior mountain range of the island, in the shadow of Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo...
  
  , southeast
• Serra de Água
  Serra de Água
  Serra de Água is a parish in the district of Ribeira Brava in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 1,317, its density is 53.3/km² and the area is 24.7 km². The main industry is agriculture...
  
  , south
• Boa Ventura
  Boa Ventura (São Vicente)
  Boaventura is a civil parish in the municipality of São Vicente in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. In 2001, the population was 1,537, in an area is 26.2 km² ; it is the largest parish in the municipality by area, the second in population and the smallest in density.-History:Boaventura was...
  
  , east

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 32.81667 (32°49') N
  • Longitude: 16.9833 (16°59') W
• Altitude: 421 m (1,384 ft)

Ponta Delgada has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasiums, a luxury five star hotel,
two Inns, a church and a square (praça).

External links

• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest or Google
  • Aerial photograph from MSR Maps