Fajã de Cima

Fajã de Cima is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de Cima is located in the Picos region in the western part of the island of São Miguel, north of central Ponta Delgada. The population in 2011 was 3,438, in an area of 11.89 km².

History

The history of Fajã de Cima is intimately related with the history of Fajã de Baixo, historically referred to as the Lugar das Fajãs. Gaspar Frutuoso, in the 16th century, mentioned:
Cândido Abranches, in 1869 referred:
Abranches goes on to note:

Geography

Fajã de Cima has been a "bedroom" community of Ponta Delgada, and responsible for the largest population influx. It contains the localities Carreira and Fajã de Cima.

Architecture

Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira