Ginetes

Ginetes
Civil Parish (Freguesia)
The western coast of Ginetes, showing the localities of Lomba de Cima and Lomba dos Gagos, along the eastern frontier with Candelária
Official name: Freguesia dos Ginetes
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Group Central
Island São Miguel
Municipality Ponta Delgada
Localities Ginetes, Lomba de Cima, Lomba dos Gagos, Moio, Ginetes, Topo, Várzea
Center Ginetes
 - elevation 139 m (456 ft)
 - coordinates
Highest point Cascalho Negro
 - location Sete Cidades Massif, Ginetes, Ponta Delgada
 - elevation 561.3 m (1,842 ft)
 - coordinates
Lowest point Sea Level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
Length 5.3 km (3 mi), North-South
Width 3.75 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northeast
Area 12.28 km2 (5 sq mi)
 - land 11.41 km2 (4 sq mi)
 - urban .87 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population 1,267 (2001)
Density 103.18 / km2 (267 / sq mi)
LAU Freguesia/Junta Freguesia
 - location Largo do Tanque, Ginetes, Ponta Delgada
President Junta João Paulo Arruda Medeiros
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
ISO 3166-2 code PT-
Postal Zone 9555-064 Ginetes
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX
Demonym Micalense
Patron Saint São João
Parish Address Largo do Tanque
9555-064 Ginetes
Wikimedia Commons: Ginetes (Ponta Delgada)
Website: http://www.freguesiadeginetes.pt/
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Ginetes is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. There were 1267 inhabitants (in 2001), in an area of 12.07 km² (density was 105/km²) that lies on the eastern flank of the Sete Cidades Massif, south of the parish Mosteiros, and linked via the Estrada Regional roadway to other communities in the municipality of Ponta Delgada.

Geography

The main industry are agriculture and fishing. The Atlantic Ocean is to the west and southwest. The mountains covered with lovely trees are bounded to the northeast. The rest of the land are farmlands along with barren lands. Ginetes has a school, a lyceum, a church and a square (praça).