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Madalena (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐðɐˈlenɐ]) is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 6,049,[1] in an area of 147.12 km².[2] The municipality is fronted by the stratovolcano Pico in the eastern frontier, and the Faial Channel which divides Pico from the island of Faial seven kilometers away. It is encircled almost entirely by the Atlantic Ocean except in the east, where it is bordered by São João (Lajes do Pico) in the southeast, and Santo António (São Roque do Pico) in the northeast.