Nordeste (Portuguese for northeast hence the part of the island) is a city on the northeastern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores It has a population of 6,726 (as of 2001). The downtown population is around Povoação. The origin of the name is named for the northeastern part of the island. Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... São Miguel on a NASA satellite photo, with North to the top. ... Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... São Miguel on a NASA satellite photo, with North to the top. ... 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. ...

Nordeste is located east of Ponta Delgada and Vila Franca do Campo, E of Ribeira Grande and NE of Furnas and is linked with a road connecting Ponta Delgada and Lagoa and west to Ribeira Grande. The parish is the leastly populated in the island. Most of the mountains are covered with forests and valleys which features creeks and streams and are grassy in both lower and higher elevations. The rest of the land are made up of agricultural lands and some forests. The mountaintop is to the southwest and the coastline is to the northwest, the northeast and the southeast. The main source of industry are agriculture and fishing while some businesses are in the downtown area. The mountains lie to the south and west. The parish is the third-largest. The easternmost settlement is Lomba do Moio. 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). ...

• Location:
  • Latitude: 37.833 (37°50') N
  • Longitude: 25.1667 (25°16') W
• Altitude: 179 m (590 ft)

Nordeste has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, banks, a post office, a small port and a square or a plaza (praça).

The 9 parishes of Norderste include:

• Achada
• Achadinha
• Algarvia
• Lomba da Fazenda
• Nordeste
• Salga
• Santana
• Santo António de Nordestinho
• São Pedro de Nordestinho

The most populated parish in population and density and the largest parish is Nordeste, the leastly populated parish is Salda. 3,908 or 73.86% of the population live in places under 1,000. The smallest parish is Salga. The highest parish is São Pedro de Nordestinho in location. The westernmost parish is Salga, the easternmost is Nordeste.

Defunct parish

• Nordestinho

Nordestinho (from Nordeste + -inho) was a parish in the district of Nordeste in the Azores. ...

Settlements and geographic areas

Parish of Nordeste

Data

The parish has a population of 1,383 in 2001, its density is 65.8/km² and the area is 21.03 km². Nordeste is the largest parish in area, density and population. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nearest parishes (parish)

• Faial da Terra, W
• Água Retorta, SW

External links

• http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/nordeste/index.shtml (in German)
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.8833&longitude=-25.1667&zoom=6)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-25.1667&lat=&37.8833w=750&h=500)