Achadinha is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste on São Miguel Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 535, in an area of 12.41 km. Achadinha is one of the oldest localities in the municipality of Nordeste, referred to by Gaspar Frutuoso in his chronicle, Saudades da Terra. The settlement of this region date…Achadinha is a civil parish in the municipality of Nordeste on São Miguel Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 535, in an area of 12.41 km. Achadinha is one of the oldest localities in the municipality of Nordeste, referred to by Gaspar Frutuoso in his chronicle, Saudades da Terra. The settlement of this region dates to the early colonization of the island, when a man from Serra da Estrela region of northern Portugal established a stake along the northern coast. This man constructed a farm and cleared a roadway, that grew to become the principal link to this parish.
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