| Candelária | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
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Candelária as seen from southern coast, São Miguel
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| Official name: Freguesia de Candelária | |
| Name origin: candélaria, Portuguese for The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, also referred to as Candlemas | |
| Country | Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region | Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Localities | Albinos, Candelária, Canto Redondo, Chão da Lomba da Cruz, Lombinha, Paraíso, Pinheiro, Socorro, Vale |
| Center | Paraiso |
| - elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Highest point | Casal |
| - location | Sete Cidades Massif, Candelária, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 655.72 m (2,151 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean, Candelária, Ponta Delgada |
| Length | 3.02 km (2 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
| Width | 4.67 km (3 mi), Southwest-Northeast |
| Area | 8.68 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| - land | 8.11 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| - urban | .57 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,184 (2001) |
| Density | 136.41 / km2 (353 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Ramal da Igreja, Candelária, Ponta Delgada |
| President Junta | Roberto Carlos de Melo Amaral |
| President Assembleia | Celso Filipe Melo Arruda |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9555-024 Candelária |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense; Candelarenses |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora das Candeias |
| Parish Address | Ramal da Igreja 9555-024 Candelária |
| Wikimedia Commons: Candelária (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Candelária is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on São Miguel island in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 1184, its density approximately 136.41/km² and in an area of about 8.68 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking it to Mosteiros, Feteiras and Ponta Delgada, accessed routine/daily by bus transport. The region is divided between farmlands, which predominate, and forest vegatation along the rim of the Sete Cidades crater (which it borders to the interior).
The main industry in this region is agriculture. Candelária has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square (praça).