| Santa Bárbara | |
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | |
| Official name: Freguesia de Santa Bárbara | |
| Name origin: Portuguese for Saint Barbara | |
| Country | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Region | Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Center | Santa Bárbara |
| - elevation | 247 m (810 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Highest point | Pico da Cruz |
| - location | Sete Cidades Massif, Santa Bárbara, Ponta Delgada |
| - elevation | 844.8 m (2,772 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Length | 5.7 km (4 mi), Southwest-Northeast |
| Width | 2.56 km (2 mi), Northwest-Southeast |
| Area | 8.73 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| - land | 8.29 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| - urban | .44 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 880 (2001) |
| Density | 100.8 / km2 (261 / sq mi) |
| Settlement | fl. 1600 |
| - Parish | 1 April 1986 |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Rua do Outeiro, Santa Bárbara, Ponta Delgada |
| President Junta | João Carlos Arruda |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- |
| Postal Zone | 9545-321 Ponta Delgada |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XXX-XXXX |
| Demonym | Micalense |
| Patron Saint | Santa Bárbara |
| Parish Address | Rua do Outeiro 30 9545-321 Ponta Delgada |
| Wikimedia Commons: Santa Bárbara (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010) | |
Santa Bárbara is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population of 880 (2001 statistics) occupy an area of 8.73 km², approximately 100 inhabitants per kilometer. Santa Barbara is a relatively young administrative entity, established in 1986, being de-annexed from the neighboring parish of Santo António.
Santa Bárbara is sandwiched between Santo António (along the east and south), Remédios in the northwest, Sete Cidades to the southwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. Santa Bárbara has a school, a church, and a square (praça). It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and the regional road to Mosteiros (the largest regional center) and Ribeira Grande (the largest city on the north coast of São Miguel). It is accessed by bus routes linking it to these communities, as well as Ponta Delgada to the south. The mountains which are covered with laurisilva and cryptomeria trees, and many pastures are separated by hedge-rows of cane (primarily).
Apart from its church (to the invocation of Santa Bárbara), along with a few small commercial businesses, there is a restaurant (Cavalo Branco) and a local soccer field.
Agriculture is the primary economic resource; farmlands dominate the lands along the coast, while the mountainous areas are covered with a patchwork of forest and pasturelands.