Candelária (Madalena)
| Candelária | |
| Civil Parish | |
 The hedgerows dividing the vineyards in the civil parish of Candelária
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| Official name: Freguesia da Candélaria | |
| Name origin: Portuguese for Candlemas | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Autonomous Region |  Azores |
| Island | Pico |
| Municipality | Madalena |
| Localities | Biscoitos, Campo Raso, Candelária, Canada das Adegas, Canada Negra, Canto, Eira, Fogos, Guindaste, Mirateca, Monte, Pedras, Pocinho, Porto de Ana Clara, Porto do Calhau, São Nuno |
| Center | Candelária |
| - elevation | 73 m (240 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°27′51″N 28°30′49″W / 38.46417°N 28.51361°WCoordinates: 38°27′51″N 28°30′49″W / 38.46417°N 28.51361°W |
| Highest point | Mount Pico |
| - elevation | 2,351 m (7,713 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°28′19″N 28°51′50″W / 38.47194°N 28.86389°W |
| Lowest point | Sea level |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Area | 29.70 km2 (11 sq mi) |
| - urban | 1.01 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | 822 (2011) |
| Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| LAU | Junta Freguesia |
| - location | Largo D. José Costa Nunes |
| - coordinates | 38°32′23″N 28°28′2″W / 38.53972°N 28.46722°W |
| President Junta | Vitorino Rodrigues Dias |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC0) |
| Postal Zone | 9950-126 |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 292 XX XX XX |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora das Candeias |
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| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
Candelária is a civil parish located on the western coast of the island of Pico, in the municipality of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 822, in an area of 29.70 km².
This was the birthplace of the late cardinal José da Costa Nunes.
Linked by the Regional E.R.1-1ª roadway to the parishes of Criação Velha (to the north) and São Caetano (to the southeast), the parish is primarily a coastal agricultural community. From the coast, for about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), the parish comprises cultivatable lands and settlements, which starts sloping into higher altitudes, reaching its extreme at Ponta do Pico; the parish is basically a pie-shaped wedge, with 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) at its extreme, along the coast. Settled areas are divided equally between hedge-row-divided parcels and forested patches of land, with scrub and natural vegetation occupying higher altitudes.
In addition to central Candelária (which also encompasses the communities of Biscoitos, Alto and Eira) there are smaller hamlets within the borders that follow the regional roadway, such as: Monte, Mirateca and Campo Raso.
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