Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony) is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 2,004, its density is 170.8/km² and the area is 11.73 km²/1,173 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 main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate the north and east while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Santo António. The main industry are agriculture. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the north. The laurisilva forests lie to the southwest along with the mountains. The parish of Ribeira Grande is bounded to the east. Saint Anthony may be: Saints Anthony the Great (251-356) Anthony of Padua (also of Lisbon) (1195-1231) Place names United Kingdom: St. ... 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. ... São Miguel on a NASA satellite photo, with North to the top. ... Mosteiros is a parish in the district 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). ... 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

• Capelas, east
• Feteiras, southwest
• Santa Bárbara, west
• Sete Cidades, southwest

Capelas (Portuguese for chapels) is a parish in the northern part of the city of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ... Feteiras is a parish in the southwestern portion of the city of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ... Santa Bárbara (Portuguese for Saint Barbara) is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ... 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: 37.85 (37°51') N
  • Longitude: 25.7667 (25°34') W
• Altitude
  • Lowest and centre: Atlantic Ocean
  • Highest: about 700 m

Other

Santo António has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).

External links

• http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/santoantonio/index.shtml (in German)
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=-37.85&longitude=-25.7667&zoom=6), MapPoint (http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.85&lons1=-25.7667&alts1=35) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.85,-25.7667)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-25.7667&lat=37.85&w=750&h=500) or Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.85,-25.7667&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k)
• Coordinates: 37° 50′ 0″  N° 25′ 41″ 0 (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=37_50_0__N_25_41_0_W)