Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Nossa Senhora do Rosário | |
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Municipal swimming pools, showing the Porto dos Carneiros and urbanized core of the civil parish of Nossa Senhora dos Rosário | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′0″N 25°34′35″W / 37.75000°N 25.57639°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Auton. region | Azores |
| Island | São Miguel |
| Municipality | Lagoa |
| Established | Settlement: c. 1444 Parish: 22 April 1522 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,396 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−01:00 (AZOT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+00:00 (AZOST) |
| Postal code | 9560-097 |
| Area code | 292 |
| Patron | Nossa Senhora do Rosário |
| Website | http://www.juntarosario.org/ |
Nossa Senhora do Rosário is a civil parish and most populated area in the municipality of Lagoa, on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. With a population of 5396 inhabitants in 2011, the parish covers an area of approximately 6.52 square kilometres (2.52 sq mi) that extends from the southern coast of the island. It contains the localities Atalhada, Bairro das Socas, Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Porto dos Carneiros and Vila Mar.