Candelária (Madalena)

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Candelária is a comune ( Freguesia ) at the Portuguese circuit ( concelho ) of Madalena on Pico Island in the Azores. In the municipality of 821 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011).

History

The community was founded in 1632.

Management

Candelária is the seat of an eponymous municipality ( Freguesia ). The following villages are in the community:

  • Biscoitos
  • Campo Raso
  • Candelária ( Madalena )
  • Canada the adegas
  • Canada Negra
  • Canto
  • Eira
  • Fogos
  • Guindaste
  • Mirateca
  • Monte
  • Pedras
  • Pocinho
  • Ponta da Madre Silva
  • Ponta do Espartel
  • Porto de Ana Clara
  • Porto do Calhau
  • São Nuno

Sons and daughters

  • José da Costa Nunes (1880-1976), Patriarch of the East Indies and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Jaime Garcia Goulart (1908-1997), first bishop of the Diocese of Dili
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