| Pedro Miguel | ||
| Freguesia de Pedro Miguel | ||
| Civil Parish | ||
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| Country | Portugal | |
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| State | Azores | |
| Island | Faial | |
| Municipality | Horta | |
| Center | Pedro Miguel | |
| - coordinates | 38°34′33″N 28°37′23″W / 38.57583°N 28.62306°W | |
| Lowest point | Sea Level | |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean | |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | |
| Area | 14.71 km2 (6 sq mi) | |
| Density | 49.2 /km2 (127 /sq mi) | |
| Civil Parish | Executive & Civil Committee | |
| President | Avelino Gabriel da Silveira | |
| Timezone | Azores (UTC-1) | |
| - summer (DST) | Azores (UTC-2) | |
| Numeric & Codex | 9900-427 Horta | |
| Country Code & Fix Line (Horta) | +351 292 | |
| Denonym | Faialense; Pedro miguelense | |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Ajuda | |
| Offices | Regional Road E.R. 1-1ª | |
Pedro Miguel is a parish in the northeastern part of the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores. Pedro Miguel is located 6 km north of the city of Horta on the main regional road that encircles the island. Farmlands cover the central and the eastern parts of the parish, while nearer to the caldera forests and mountains dominate.
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Geography
The parish of Pedro Miguel is situated in an area between Lomba dos Frades and Lomba Grande, and is bisected by the Ribeira de Pedro Miguel.
Population history
History
The first record of the parish, which was name for one of the original inhabitants, dated August 7, 1590, came from a financial transaction between King Sebastian who sent the vicar 25 thousand reis (ostensibly for construction or furnishing of their church).
Pedro Miguel became a parish in 1666. In order to protect itself from surprise attacks by pirates that roamed the Canal, a small fort Forte Baixo was constructed in the 17th century.
In 1871, both a boy's and girl's school operated from Pedro Miguel, since the community was part of a greater district that included Ribeirinha and Praia do Almoxarife. A justice of the peace operated from this district, where the electoral assembly was also situated. The population had reached 1,757 inhabitants by this time.
During the 1998 earthquake, which hit affected the northern communities of the island, several houses were damaged and the parochial church was unusable.
Economy
The communities economy revolved around mainly cereals and agricultural, as well as many orange orchards located closer to the center. The dairy industry was also an important contributor, and the Pedro Miguel was a major producer of local exports (most importantly butter).
Sites of interest
- The Jardim Botânico do Faial or Faial Botanical Gardens created in the nucleus of Pedro Miguel features and objective on conservation flowers and plants from Macaronesia.
- Grota Funda is a cave located in a large volcanic crater located west of the parish centre, and which founded fragments of vegetable coals. Together makes up the source.
- The Ethnographic Museum will be created in the near future.
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