Livramento (Ponta Delgada)

Livramento
Rosto do Cão
Civil Parish (Freguesia)
Official name: Freguesia do Rosto do Cão (Livramento)
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Group Central
Island São Miguel
Municipality Ponta Delgada
Center Livramento
 - elevation 62 m (203 ft)
 - coordinates
Highest point Pico do Mostardo
 - elevation 235.16 m (772 ft)
 - coordinates
Lowest point Sea Level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
Length 2.22 km (1 mi), Northwest-Southeast
Width 3.48 km (2 mi), Southwest-Northeast
Area 5.59 km2 (2 sq mi)
 - land 4.16 km2 (2 sq mi)
 - urban 1.43 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population 3,489 (2001)
Density 624.2 / km2 (1,617 / sq mi)
Settlement fl. 1800
 - Parish 11 December 1838
LAU Freguesia/Junta Freguesia
 - location Rua Domingos da Silva Costa, Livramento, Ponta Delgada
President Junta Manuel António Botelho Soares
President Assembleia José de Medeiros Lima
Timezone Azores (UTC-1)
 - summer (DST) Azores (UTC0)
ISO 3166-2 code PT-
Postal Zone 9500-614 Livramento
Area Code & Prefix (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX
Demonym Micalense
Patron Saint Nossa Senhora do Livramento
Parish Address Rua Domingos da Silva Costa
9500-614 Livramento
Wikimedia Commons: Livramento (Ponta Delgada)
Website: http://livramento.no.sapo.pt/
Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)

Livramento is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. Around 2001 there were approximately 3489 inhabitants in this southern coast, that extends into the interior covering an area of 5.59 km² (its density was approximately 624 inhabitants per km²). Livramento has mountains covered with laurisilva forests to the north, the Atlantic is to the south, the rest of the lands are made up of farms. Livramento is located in the southwestern part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking Ponta Delgada and Lagoa. The main industry are agriculture and some businesses. Livramento is accessed with a bus transport to Ponta Delgada and Lagoa.

Geography

Livramento has two schools, a lyceum, two beaches, a church and a square (praça).