Santa Luzia (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

for Saint Lucia) is a civil parish in the municipality of

São Roque do Pico São Roque do Pico () is a municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, occupying most of the northern side of the island of Pico. As of 2021, it has 3,221 inhabitants spread through five freguesias (civil parishes) in an area of 142. ...

in the

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. The population in 2011 was 422, in an area of 30.13 km².Eurostat
/ref> It is the northernmost parish on the island. The

Pico Airport Pico Airport ( pt, Aeroporto do Pico) is an airport located from Madalena on the Portuguese island of Pico in the archipelago of the Azores. History The first studies were completed to construct a runway for the remote island of Pico during t ...

is in this parish and neighbouring

Bandeiras The ''Bandeirantes'' (), literally "flag-carriers", were slavers, explorers, adventurers, and fortune hunters in early Colonial Brazil. They are largely responsible for Brazil's great expansion westward, far beyond the Tordesillas Line of 149 ...

to the west in the municipality of

Madalena Madalena is a feminine given name. It is a Portuguese form of Magdalene. It may refer to: People *Madalena Alberto, Portuguese actress, singer and composer * Madalena Boavida, East Timorese politician *Maddalena Casulana, (c. 1544–c. 1590), I ...

. It contains the localities Arcos, Canto do Mistério, Fetais, Lajido, Lajido do Meio, Meio Mundo, Miraguaia, Ponta da Baixa, Ponta Negra, Rua de Cima and Santa Luzia.

Geography

Santa Luzia is located on the northern coast of the island and is connected by the road encircling the island to its neighbors:

in the west, and

Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Regio ...

in the east. The area is relatively hilly and gradually slopes into the interior, reaching its peak (literally) in the Ponta do Pico.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Luzia (Sao Roque do Pico) Freguesias of São Roque do Pico