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English: Ponta Delgada is the biggest town of the Azores, located on São Miguel island. In this shot from north to south you see the Jardim do Palácio de Sant‘Ana with the palace for the governor, i. e. the president of the regional government of the Azores.
Ponta Delgada (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpõtɐ ðɛlˈɣaðɐ] ⓘ; lit. ' Thin Cape ') is the largest municipality 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.
São Roque is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 4,932, [ 1 ] in an area of 7.21 square kilometres (2.78 sq mi).
Lagoa (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ; Portuguese for lagoon) is a municipality in the southwestern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 14,442, [1] in an area of 45.59 km². [2] Lagoa is located east of Ponta Delgada, the island capital.
Three bus routes operate in Ponta Delgada on weekdays from 07:00 to 19:00. [9] Line A runs in the western part of town, line B in the central/north, and line C in the east. There are bus services between Ponta Delgada and most other towns on the island, but usually only a few times a day.
Consequently, many of the Medieval maps and charts that showed the Ocean Sea (the Atlantic Ocean) identified an island (or islands) represented in different positions or forms. The island of Brasil and/or Antillia (from the Brendan context) and the island of Sete Cidades, were usual geographic references that persisted in the proto-geography of ...
Ajuda da Bretanha is a northern civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.It is a relatively new parish, being elevated to this status when the former parish of Bretanha was divided, forming Ajuda and Pilar da Bretanha.