Arrifes is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 6,941, its density is 274.7/km² and the area is 25.27 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking to Capelas and Ribeira Grande. The mountains which are covered with lovely trees are to the west while fertile lands covers the rest of Arrifes. The main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate the north and east while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Capelas. Arrifes is one of the few parishes that are landlocked. The main source of production is agriculture and is also the milk-producing region of the Azores. Milk factories are also located in Arrifes. This article is about a city in the Azores. ... Flag of Azores Shaded relief map of the Azores from 1975 The Azores (Portuguese: Açores) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There are parishes that have the name São Miguel (Portuguese for Saint Michael): In Europe In the Azores São Miguel Island, an island in the eastern part of the Azores São Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo São Miguel Arcanjo, a parish in the central... Capelas (Portuguese for chapels) is a parish in the northern part of the city of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ... There is also Ribeira Grande in Cape Verde, see Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde Ribeira Grande (Portuguese for large river) is a city on the southwest-central part of São Miguel Island in the Azores It has a population of 28,482 (as of 2001). ...

Nearest parishes

• Capelas, north
• São Vicente Ferreira, northeast
• Fajã de Cima, east
• Fajã de Baixo, south
• Relva, southwest
• Covoada, west

Capelas (Portuguese for chapels) is a parish in the northern part of the city of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ... Relva is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ...

Georgaphy

• Location:
  • Latitude: 37.7667 (37°46') N
  • Longitude: 25.7 (25°42') W
• Altitude: 91 m (301 ft)

Other

Arrifes also has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a few squares (praças).

Arrifes is also a place in the central part of the Azores

External links

• http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/arrifes/index.shtml (in in German)
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.667&longitude=25.7&zoom=6), MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.667&lons1=-25.7&alts1=35) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.667,-25.7)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=2-5.7&lat=37.667&w=750&h=500) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.667,-25.7&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k)
• Coordinates: 37° 46′ 0″ N 25° 42′ 0″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=37_46_0_N_25_42_0_E_)