| Fajã de Cima | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
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Belvedre das Provincias, overlooking some of the newer homes of this residential community in northern Ponta Delgada
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| Official name: Freguesia da Fajã de Cima | |
| Name origin: fajã de cima, Portuguese compound word for upper debris field | |
| Country | Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region | Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Localities | Carreira, Fajã de Cima |
| Center | Fajã de Cima |
| - elevation | 161 m (528 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Highest point | Picos de Lima |
| - elevation | 367.6 m (1,206 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Lowest point | Rua da Levada |
| - elevation | 83.85 m (275 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Length | 4.74 km (3 mi), West-East |
| Width | 4.83 km (3 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
| Area | 11.89 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| - land | 11.21 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| - urban | .68 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,634 (2001) |
| Density | 305.63 / km2 (792 / sq mi) |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua da Vila Nova, Fajã de Cima, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 166 m (545 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| President Junta | José do Rego Furtado |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9500-504 Fajã de Cima |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Oliveira |
| Parish Address | Rua da Vila Nova, 23 9500-504 Fajã de Cima |
| Wikimedia Commons: Fajã de Cima (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Fajã de Cima is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. Fajã de Cima is located in the central Picos region of the island of São Miguel, with a population of 3634 (2001) and area of approximately 11.89 km² (its density was 305.6 persons per km²). Fajã de Cima is connected with a road linking to communities in the northern coast, and to the principal center (Ponta Delgada), but although its primary source of income comes from agricultural production, it is becoming a "bedroom community" of the much larger urban center to the south.
Fajã de Cima has a few schools, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church and a square (praça).