Água de Pau
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- This article is about the parish. For the volcano of the same name, see Água de Pau (volcano).
Água de Pau is a parish in the district of Lagoa in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,122, its density is 179.1/km² and the area is 17.43 km². It is the third-largest and the second leastly populated parish in Lagoa. It is also the largest in Lagoa.
- Location:
- Latitude: 37.71667 (37°41')
- Longitude: 25.51667 (25°31') W
- Altitude: 30 m (101 ft)
Água de Pau has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, churches and a square.
[edit] History
Água de Pau is one of the many oldest villages in the Azores, it became a parish on July 28, 1500.
The island was destroyed in the Earthquake of 1522, it was rebuilt on November 10, 1525.
Água de Pau became a municipality on July 28, 1515, fifteen years after its founding for carta régia of Don Manuel I. The councul was located outside in Ribeira Chã. In 1855, the municipality became a parish as Água de Pau incorporated into Lagoa under the Regional Legislative Decree #29/2003/A, on June 24, the parish of Água de Pau.
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