Geography
Pico da Pedra is a landlocked parish situated in the interior in the northern coast of the island of São Miguel, approximately eight kilometres from the Ponta Delgada and ten kilometes from municipal seat of Ribeira Grande. It is surrounded in the north and west by the parishes of Calhetas and Fenais da Luz, south by Fajã de Cima, São Roque and Livramento and east by the parish of Rabo de Peixe.
Although official records suggest that 2426 inhabitants live in the parishes localities, the number has grown, with local estimates hovering around 3000 residents. Pico da Pedra has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).
The growth of pedestrianism on the islands of the Azores, was the impetus for the creation of the ecological association Amigos dos Açores, whose headquarters is located in Pico da Pedra.
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