Remédios is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 997, its density is 179.3/km² and the area is 5.56 km²/556 ha. It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking Mosteiros and Ribeira Grande. The mountains which are covered with lovely laurisilva trees are to the southwest while the Atlantic Ocean lies to the northeast. The main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate within the coastline while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Remédios. Remédios is accessed with a bus route linking to Ponta Delgada. 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. ... Mosteiros is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ... Laurisilva is a type of humid subtropical forest found on several of the Macaronesian islands of the north Atlantic, namely the Azores, Madeira Islands, and the Canary Islands. ...

Nearest parishes

• Santa Bárbara, southeast
• Sete Cidades, southwest
• Pilar da Bretanha, northwest

Sete Cidades (Seven Cities) is one of the most beautiful natural settings in the Azores, composed of two lakes in the center of a volcanic crater about three miles across. ...

Geography

• Location:
  • Latitude: 37.75 (37°45') N
  • Longitude: 25.733 (35°33') W
• Altitude: 373 m (1,227 ft)
• Postal code: 9545

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Other

Remedios has a school, a church, and a square (praça).

External links

• http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/remedios/index.shtml (in in German)
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.75&longitude=&25.733zoom=6), MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.75&lons1=-25.733&alts1=35) or Google  (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.75,-25.733)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=25.733&lat=37.75&w=750&h=500) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.75,-25.733&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k)
• Coordinates: 37° 45′ 0″  N° 25′ 44″ 0 (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=37_45_0__N_25_44_0_W)

Remédios is also Portuguese for remedy. Portuguese (português) is a Romance language predominantly spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and East Timor. ... A remedy is the solution or amelioration of a problem or difficulty. ...