Candelária (Madalena)

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Parish of Candelária
Freguesia da Candelária
Statistics
Island: Pico
Municipality: São Roque do Pico
Area:
-Total
-Water
-Rank
31.72 km²
Population: (2001)
 - Total
 - Density
 - Rank
892

28.1/km²
Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
 -highest:
Atlantic Ocean
118 m (centre)
southern part

Candelária is a parish in the district of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 892, its density is 28.1/km² and the area is 31.72 km².

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The parish is located in the western part of the municipality and is linked with a road encircling the entire island. The area are hilly and mountainous in the east. Farmlands are within the parish as well as the road. Forests dominates the mountain areas. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the west.

The municipality is around 5 km long from east to west and varies up to as long as 1.5 km wide from north to south.

[edit] Other

Candelária has a school, a few churches, a port and a square. Its nearest middle and secondary schools are in Madalena.

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Parishes (Freguesias) of the municipality of Madalena
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