Ponta Delgada (Sao Vicente)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Autonomous Region : | Madeira | |||||
| Concelho : | Sao Vicente | |||||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 49 ′ N , 16 ° 59 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1359 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 9.39 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 145 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 9240-113 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | João Caldeira de Jesus ( PSD ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Ponta Delgada Rua Dr. Horácio Bento Gouveia 9240-113 Ponta Delgada |
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| Website: | www.jf-pontadelgada.pt | |||||
Ponta Delgada is a municipality ( freguesia ) on the north coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira , in the district ( concelho ) of São Vicente . The community has an area of 9.4 km² and 1,359 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
After João Gonçalves Zarco rediscovered Madeira Island, the Portuguese began to settle the island for the first time in 1419 . In 1552 Ponta Delgada was raised to an independent municipality.
Literary references
The writer, poet and journalist Horácio Bento de Gouveia (1901–1983) was born here. In the house where he was born, the Casa Museu Horácio Bento de Gouveia is a museum dedicated to him.
The writer Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019) wrote the novel A Corte do Norte (German: The stately court of the north), which is set here. It was successfully filmed in 2009 by João Botelho .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ portrait of the community on www.madeirarural.com , accessed on August 31, 2013
- ↑ www.madeirarural.com , accessed August 31, 2013
