Capelas
Capelas is a civil parish along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 4,080, in an area of 16.85 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: civil parish in Ponta Delgada
- Also known as: “Capellas” and “Vila de Capelas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora da Apresentação and Church of Santo António.
Church of Santo António
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Santo António is situated 3 km northwest of Capelas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Vicente Ferreira and Fajã de Cima.
São Vicente Ferreira
Village
São Vicente Ferreira is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,361, in an area of 11.42 km2. São Vicente Ferreira is situated 3 km southeast of Capelas.
Fajã de Cima
Village
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Fajã de Cima is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de Cima is located in the Picos region in the western part of the island of São Miguel, north of central Ponta Delgada. Fajã de Cima is situated 8 km south of Capelas.
Fajã de Baixo
Village
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Fajã de Baixo is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 5,050, in an area of 4.06 km2. Fajã de Baixo is situated 9 km southeast of Capelas.
Capelas
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal, third-level administrative division, and locality
- Location: Capelas, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.83702° or 37° 50′ 13″ northLongitude
-25.68887° or 25° 41′ 20″ westElevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
899PR8P6+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5825663971OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Capelas” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կապելաս”
- Asturian: “Capelas”
- Cebuano: “Capelas”
- Chechen: “Капелаш”
- Chinese: “Capelas”
- Chinese: “卡佩拉斯”
- Dutch: “Capelas”
- German: “Capelas”
- Irish: “Capelas”
- Malay: “Capelas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Capelas”
- Portuguese: “Capelas”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Capelas”
- Portuguese: “Vila das Capelas”
- Portuguese: “Vilas de Capelas”
- Russian: “Капелаш”
- Spanish: “Capelas”
- Tatar: “Капелаш”
- Turkish: “Capelas”
- “Capelas”
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Localities in the Area
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