Santa Cruz da Graciosa (parish)

Geography

• Santa Cruz - the most important location on the island, urbanized, with many of the classical Azorean villages, the site of agricultural services, home of the dairy factory and UNICOL and center of dairy commercial products destined for export;
• Fontes - a compact center, located along the hills of Serra das Fontes, it is situated between 120 and 150 meters above sea level, between agricultural lands, semi-permanent pasture lands and wild terrains. It once had a substantial population, but emigration has diminished the number of residents, and the local primary school was closed in 2002;
• Funchais - situated two kilometers from the village of Santa Cruz, near the volcanic crater of Pico do Hortelã and substantial enough to have its own império;
• Dores - located north of Pico Jardim, it is a place on the outer periphery of the village and located near the Graciosa aerodrome, it has an império and its Chapel of Senhora das Dores is one of the older religious structures on the island, constructed in the 18th Century, by António da Silva Sodré, in 1793. The civil parish's volunteer fire department, and the home to the Adega Cooperativa da Graciosa ;
• Cruz do Barro - also in the area of the airport, is a small wine-producing area where few people currently reside;
• Bom Jesus - a small settlement in the extreme northern coast lying on the plain of Achada, near the frontier with the civil parish of Guadalupe. It too lost its only primary school in 1990, it is currently recognized for the Chapel of Bom Jesus, and its religious square, constructed in 1636 and then remodeled subsequently in 1786 and 1902.