São José
São José is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is one of the constituent parts of the city of Ponta Delgada, and location of many of the island's more significant cultural and historical, commercial and residential buildings.Photo: Sverdrup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 5,930 residents
- Description: civil parish in Ponta Delgada
- Also known as: “São José (Ponta Delgada)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gruta do Carvão and Azorean Pineapple Plantation.
Gruta do Carvão
Cave
The Gruta do Carvão is an ancient lava tube located on the outskirts of the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fajã de Baixo and Fajã de Cima.
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 3½ km northeast of São José.
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.
São José
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Tatar—“São José” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սան Ժոզե”
- Asturian: “Ponta Delgada”
- Chechen: “Сан-Жозе (Понта-Делгада)”
- Chechen: “Сан-Жозе”
- Chinese: “São José”
- Chinese: “圣荷西”
- Chinese: “聖荷西”
- Dutch: “Sao Jose (Ponta Delgada)”
- Dutch: “São José”
- French: “São José”
- German: “São José”
- Malay: “São José”
- Min Nan Chinese: “São José”
- Portuguese: “Ponta Delgada (Sao Jose)”
- Portuguese: “Ponta Delgada (São José)”
- Portuguese: “Sao Jose (Ponta Delgada)”
- Portuguese: “São José (Ponta Delgada)”
- Portuguese: “São José”
- Russian: “Сан-Жозе”
- Spanish: “São José”
- Tatar: “Сан-Жозе (Понта-Делгада)”
- Tatar: “Сан-Жозе”
- “Ponta Delgada (São José)”
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Localities in the Area
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