Santa Clara (Ponta Delgada)
| Santa Clara | |
| Civil Parish | |
| Official name: Freguesia da Santa Clara | |
| Named for: Saint Claire | |
| Country |  Portugal |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Ponta Delgada |
| Center | Santa Clara |
| - elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°44′13″N 25°40′57″W / 37.73694°N 25.68250°WCoordinates: 37°44′13″N 25°40′57″W / 37.73694°N 25.68250°W |
| Lowest point | Sea Level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Area | 2.24 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| - urban | 1.0 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,971 (2011) |
| Density | 1,326 / km2 (3,434 / sq mi) |
| Settlement | c. 1458 |
| - Parish | c. 1580 |
| - Civil Parish | c. July 2002 |
| LAU | Junta Freguesia |
| - location | 1ª Rua de Santa Clara |
| President Junta | Ricardo J.R. Leite |
| President Assembleia | Luís Cabral |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| Postal Zone | 9500-241 |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XX XX XX |
| Patron Saint | Santa Clara |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Santa Clara (Ponta Delgada) | |
| Website: http://www.freguesiadesantaclara.pt/portal/v1.0/index.asp | |
Santa Clara (Portuguese for Saint Claire) is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,971,[1] in an area of 2.24 km².[2]
History
The ecumenical parish of Santa Clara was created at the beginning of 1570, during the prelature of Bishop Gaspar de Faria, with its seat in the hermitage of its invocation (which already existed before the 1522 earthquake).[3]
The road to transform Santa Clara from a small village into a civil parish began with Father Fernando “de Santa Clara”, who ran a silent campaign in the middle of the 1950s.[4]
In July 2002, it was de-annexed from a part of the civil parish of São José.
Geography
Santa Clara is an industrial zone located on the western periphery of Ponta Delgada, extending from the area around the port of Ponta Delgada, to the eastern frontier of Relva.
Sport
Ponta Delgada's and Azores' main football club is named C.D. Santa Clara.
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Eurostat
- ↑ Sousa, Nestor de (1986), A Arquitectura Religiosa de Ponta Delgada nos séculos XVI a XVIII (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: University of the Azores, p. 32
- ↑ de Melo, João Pacheco (12 October 2011). "Mais um aniversário: o sexto" (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: O Lugar de Ponta Delgada.