- Remédios
Remédios is a parish in the district of
Ponta Delgada in theAzores . The population in2001 is 997, its density is 179.3/km² and the area is 5.56 km². It is located in the northwestern part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking Mosteiros andRibeira Grande . The mountains which are covered with lovely "laurisilva " trees are to the southwest while the Atlantic Ocean lies to the northeast. The main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate within the coastline while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Remédios. Remédios is accessed with a bus route linking to Ponta Delgada.Nearest parishes
*Santa Bárbara, southeast
*Sete Cidades , southwest
*Pilar da Bretanha , northwestGeography
*Location:
**Latitude: 37.75 (37°45') N
**Longitude: 25.733 (35°33') W
*Altitude: 373 m (1,227 ft)
*Postal code: 9545Other
Remedios has a school, a church, and a square ("
praça ").External links
*http://www.azoren-online.com/saomiguel/tipps/sehenswuerdigkeiten/remedios/index.shtml (in German)
*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.75&longitude=&25.733zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.75&lons1=-25.733&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?|=37.75,-25.733 Google]
** [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=25.733&lat=37.75&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.75,-25.733&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
*Coordinates: coord|37|45|0|N|25|44|0|W|----Remédios is also Portuguese for
remedy .
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