Candelária is a

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located on the western coast of the island of Pico, in the

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of Madalena in the

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. The population in 2011 was 822, in an area of 29.70 km². It contains the localities Biscoitos, Campo Raso, Candelária, Canada das Adegas, Canada Negra, Canto, Eira, Fogos, Guindaste, Mirateca, Monte, Pedras, Pocinho, Porto de Ana Clara, Porto do Calhau and São Nuno.

History

This was the birthplace of the late cardinal José da Costa Nunes.

Geography

Linked by the Regional E.R.1-1ª roadway to the parishes of

Criação Velha Criação Velha is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 768, in an area of 18.36 km2. It contains the localities Alto da Cêrca, Canada de Beatriz, Canada de Pedro Nun ...

(to the north) and São Caetano (to the southeast), the parish is primarily a coastal agricultural community. From the coast, for about , the parish comprises cultivatable lands and settlements, which starts sloping into higher altitudes, reaching its extreme at Ponta do Pico; the parish is basically a pie-shaped wedge, with at its extreme, along the coast. Settled areas are divided equally between hedge-row-divided parcels and forested patches of land, with scrub and natural vegetation occupying higher altitudes. In addition to central Candelária (which also encompasses the communities of Biscoitos, Alto and Eira) there are smaller hamlets within the borders that follow the regional roadway, such as: Monte, Mirateca and Campo Raso.

Architecture

Religious

* Church of Nossa Senhora das Candeias (), located along the roadway, the church was founded in 1803, and was the parish of Cardinal José da Costa Nunes. A bust of the clergyman is installed in front of the temple.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Candelaria (Madalena) Freguesias of Madalena, Azores