Fajã de Baixo

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Fajã de Baixo
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Fajã de Baixo (Azores)
Fajã de Baixo
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Ponta Delgada
Coordinates : 37 ° 45 ′  N , 25 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 45 ′  N , 25 ° 39 ′  W
Residents: 5050 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 4.06 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 1244 inhabitants per km²
Height: 1  m
Postal code : 9500-xxx

Fajã de Baixo is a freguesia in the county / district government (Concelho) Ponta Delgada , the capital, on the Portuguese Azores -Insel São Miguel with 5050 inhabitants (as of 30 June 2011) to 4.1 square kilometers. The population density is 1243 inhabitants per km².

Geography and place name

Fajã de Baixo (Portuguese: Fajã = location name: flat area, close to the sea, on lava cliffs; Baixo = lowland, lower, deep) is located slightly above sea level about one kilometer northeast of the city limits of Ponta Delgada on the EN4-1A road Fenais da Luz on the north side of the island. Immediately to the northwest is the sister community Fajã de Cima .

Pineapple growing in Fajã de Baixo

economy

Agriculture is the main industry. Particularly noteworthy here is pineapple cultivation in glass greenhouses.

Sons and daughters of the place

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

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