Ponta Delgada is the largest municipality (concelho) and administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. The population in 2011 was 68,809. There are 17,629 residents in the three central civil parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro, São Sebastião, and São José. Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic See remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta.
The town's name translates to delicate (or thin) point.
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Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the Island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439. The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores. It is located east of Lagoa and Ponta Delgada, west of Povoação and southeast of Ribeira Grande.
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The community is located in the interior of São Miguel and is famous for its location near the hot springs and fumaroles near the Lagoa das Furnas. Meats and vegetables are steamed in the natural thermal vents and are widely available at local restaurants. Furnas is a town of iron-rich warm pools for bathing and verdant gardens.
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As seen from just west of the community of Furnas overlooking the town and the Lagoa das Furnas
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São Miguel Island (Portuguese for Saint Michael), nicknamed "The Green Island" (Ilha Verde), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The island covers 760 square kilometers (290 square miles) and has around 140,000 inhabitants, with 45,000 people living in the island's capital and largest city of Ponta Delgada.
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Ponta Delgada is the largest municipality (concelho) and administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. The population in 2011 was 68,809. There are 17,629 residents in the three central civil parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro, São Sebastião, and São José. Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic See remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta.
The town's name translates to delicate (or thin) point.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponta_Delgada
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