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Região Autónoma dos Açores
Azores Autonomous Region
Flag of Azores Coat of arms of Azores
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos"
(Portuguese for "Rather die free than in peace subjugated")
Anthem: A Portuguesa (national)
Hino dos Açores (local)
Location of Azores
Capital Ponta Delgada1
Angra do Heroísmo2
Horta3
Largest city Ponta Delgada
Official languages Portuguese
Ethnic groups  Portuguese
Government Autonomous region
 -  President Carlos César
Establishment
 -  Settled 1439 
 -  Autonomy 1976 
Area
 -  Total 2,346 km² (n/a)
911 sq mi 
Population
 -  2006 estimate 243,018 (n/a)
 -  2001 census 241,763 
 -  Density 104/km² (n/a)
266/sq mi
Currency Euro (€)4 (EUR)
Time zone UTC-1
Internet TLD .pt
Calling code +351
1 Location of the Presidency of the Regional Government (37°44′N, 25°40′W). The flag of the Azores is similar to the Flag of Portugal used from 1830-1910 except that the Portuguese coat of arms has been removed from the center The Coat of arms of the Azores is nine gold stars superimposed on a red bordure representing the nine islands of the archipelago A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's A Portuguesa (The Portuguese Song ɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ is the National anthem of Portugal. The Hino dos Açores (Hymn of the Azores is the official anthem of the Azores, in Portugal. Ponta Delgada (ˈpõtɐ dɛɫˈgadɐ is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo ( pron 'ɐ̃gɾɐ du eɾu'iʒmu is a city of some 21300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portuguese Horta ( pron 'ɔɾtɐ is a municipality in the western part of the Azores. Ponta Delgada (ˈpõtɐ dɛɫˈgadɐ is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. An autonomous area is an area of a Country that has a degree of Autonomy, or freedom from an external authority Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César (Born 30 October 1956 in Ponta Delgada, Azores) current president of the Regional Government of the Portuguese Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of Organization. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. M^2 redirects here For other uses see M². CM2 redirects here This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology List of countries by population in 2005|List of countries by population in 1907This is a list of countries ordered according to Population. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume List of countries and dependencies by Population density in inhabitants/km² A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of Goods and/or services It is one form of Money, where money is Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e ISO 4217 is the International standard describing three-letter codes (also known as the currency code) to define the names of currencies established A country This is a list of country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendation E
2 Location of the Supreme Court (38°39′N, 27°13′W).
3 Location of the Legislative Assembly (38°32′N, 28°38′W).
4 Prior to 2002: Portuguese escudo

The Azores (Portuguese: Açores pronounced [ɐˈsoɾɨʃ] or [ɐˈsoɾʃ]) is a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km (950 mi) from Lisbon and about 3,900 km (2,400 mi) from the east coast of North America. The escudo was the Currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and was removed from circulation on Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. The two westernmost Azorean islands (Flores and Corvo) actually lie on the North American plate and are only 1,925 km (1,200 mi) from St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This article is about the Island for the municipality see Corvo Azores Corvo Island ( Portuguese, Ilha do Corvo, St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation The Azores' most significant industries are tourism, cattle raising for milk and meat, and fishing.

The nine major Azorean Islands and the eight small Formigas extend for more than 600 km (373 mi), and lie in a north west-south east direction. The Formigas ( pron fuɾ'migɐʃ are Islets of the Azores, Portugal. The vast extension of the islands defines an immense exclusive economic zone of 1. Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ) is a seazone over which a State has special rights over the exploration and use of marine 1 million km². The westernmost point of this area is 3,380 km (2,100 mi) from the North American continent. All of the islands have volcanic origins, though Santa Maria also has some reef contribution. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the In nautical terminology a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water (six fathoms or less at low water The mountain of Pico on Pico Island, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft) in altitude, is the highest in all of Portugal. Pico Island ( Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron 'iʎɐ du 'piku is an island of the Azores noted for its eponymous Volcano, Ponta The Azores are actually the tops of some of the tallest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean. The archipelago forms the Autonomous Region of Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal. The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal (Portuguese Regiões Autónomas de Portugal) are the Azores ( Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira

Though it is commonly said that the archipelago is named after the goshawk (Açor in Portuguese), because it was supposed to be a common bird at the time of the discovery, the bird actually never existed on the islands. The Goshawk ('ɡɔːshɔːk Accipiter gentilis; from OE góshafoc 'goose-hawk' is a medium-large Bird of prey in the family Accipitridae Some historians indicate the archaic Portuguese word "azules" (the plural of blue) because of the colour of the islands when seen from afar. Most, however, insist that the name is derived from birds, pointing to a local subspecies of the buzzard (Buteo buteo), as the animal the first explorers erroneously identified as goshawks. The Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo) is a medium to large Bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia.

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History

Main article: History of the Azores
Sixteenth-century map of the Azores Islands.
Sixteenth-century map of the Azores Islands. The following article describes the history of the Azores. Founding The Azores were known in the fourteenth century and can be seen incompletely for example

The islands were known in the fourteenth century and can be seen incompletely, for example, in the Atlas Catalan. The Catalan Atlas (1375 is the most important Catalan map of the Medieval period In 1427, one of the captains sailing for Henry the Navigator rediscovered the Azores, possibly Gonçalo Velho, but this is not certain. The Infante Henrique Duke of Viseu ( Porto, March 4, 1394 – Sagres, November 13, 1460) pron Frei Gonçalo Velho Cabral, was a 15th century Portuguese Monk, explorer and settler of the Atlantic, one of the first discoverers of the The colonization of the then unoccupied islands started in 1439 with people mainly from the continental provinces of Algarve and Alentejo. Colonisation (also known as Colonization) occurs whenever any one or more species populates a new area The Algarve ( pron aɫ'gaɾv(ɨ is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. Alentejo (ɐlẽˈtɛʒu is a south-central region of Portugal. In 1583, Philip II of Spain as king of Portugal, sent his fleet to clear the Azores of a combined multinational force of adventurers, mercenaries, volunteers and soldiers who were attempting to establish the Azores as a staging post for a rival pretender to the Portuguese throne. Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else Following the success of his fleet at the Battle of Ponta Delgada, the captured enemy were hung from yardarms, as they were considered pirates by Philip II (this was added to the "Black Legend" by his enemies). The naval Battle of Ponta Delgada, also called the Battle of Terceira, took place on July 26 1582, in the sea of the Azores near Terceira Island The Black Legend ( La Leyenda Negra) is a term coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La leyenda negra y la verdad histórica ( The Black Legend The Azores were the second to last part of the Portuguese empire to resist Philip's reign over Portugal (Macau being the last), Azores was returned to Portuguese control with the end of the Iberian Union, not by the professional military, which were used in the Restoration War in the mainland, but by local people attacking a fortified Castilian garrison (guarnición). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. Iberian Union is a modern day term that refers to the historical political unit that governed all of the Iberian peninsula south of the Pyrenees from 1580–1640 Portuguese Restoration War (Guerra da Restauração was the name given after the 19th century by romantic historians to the war between Portugal and Castile Castilian is a noun and adjective that refers to the region and former kingdom of Castile in Spain; in particular it may refer to a native person

Pico viewed from Faial.
Pico viewed from Faial.

The 1820 civil war in Portugal had strong repercussions in the Azores. In 1829, in Vila da Praia, the liberals won over the absolutists, making Terceira Island the main headquarters of the new Portuguese regime and also where the Council of Regency (Conselho de Regência) of Mary II of Portugal was established. Praia da Vitória ( pron 'pɾajɐ dɐ vi'tɔɾiɐ "Victory Beach" in Portuguese) is a municipality in Portugal 's Autonomous Region Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal An autocracy is a Form of government in which the Political power is held by a single self-appointed ruler Terceira Island ( pron tɨɾ'sɐiɾɐ Portuguese: Ilha Terceira) is an Island in the Azores, in the middle of the North Atlantic Maria II ( April 4, 1819 &ndash November 15, 1853) was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853

Beginning in 1868, Portugal issued its stamps overprinted with "AÇORES" for use in the islands. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Between 1892 and 1906, it also issued separate stamps for the three administrative districts of the time.

From 1836 to 1976, the archipelago was divided into three districts, quite equivalent (except in area) to those in the Portuguese mainland. The administrative divisions of Portugal are undergoing changes The division was arbitrary, and didn't follow the natural island groups, rather reflecting the location of each district capital on the three main cities (neither of each on the western group).

Angra do Heroísmo.
Angra do Heroísmo. Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo ( pron 'ɐ̃gɾɐ du eɾu'iʒmu is a city of some 21300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portuguese

During the Second World War, in 1943, Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar leased bases in the Azores to the British. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE, pron. ɐ̃'tɔniu dɨ oli'vɐiɾɐ sɐlɐ'zaɾ This represented a change in policy. Previously the Portuguese government only allowed German U-boats and navy ships to refuel there. [1]. This was a key turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, allowing the Allies to provide aerial coverage in the middle of the Atlantic. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous Military campaign of World War II, (though some say it was a series of naval Military campaigns This helped them to hunt U-boats and protect convoys. U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers

In 1944, American forces constructed a small and short-lived air base on the island of Santa Maria. In 1945, a new base was founded on the island of Terceira and is currently known as Lajes Field. Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base (Base Aérea das Lajes officially designated Air Base No It was founded in an area called Lajes, a broad, flat sea terrace that had been a farm. Lajes Field is a plateau rising out of the sea on the north east corner of the island. This air force base is a joint American and Portuguese venture. Lajes Field continues to support US and Portuguese military operations. During the Cold War, the US Navy P-3 Orion anti-submarine squadrons patrolled the North Atlantic for Soviet submarines and surface spy vessels. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Since its inception, Lajes Field has been used for refuelling aircraft bound for Europe, and more recently, the Middle East. The US Army operates a small fleet of military ships - probably Maritime Prepositioning Ships - in the harbour of Praia da Vitória, three kilometres (2 mi) south east of Lajes Field. Praia da Vitória ( pron 'pɾajɐ dɐ vi'tɔɾiɐ "Victory Beach" in Portuguese) is a municipality in Portugal 's Autonomous Region The airfield also has a small commercial terminal handling scheduled and chartered passenger flights from other islands in the archipelago, Europe, and North America.

In 1976, the Azores became the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), one of the Autonomous regions of Portugal, and the Azorean districts were suppressed. The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal (Portuguese Regiões Autónomas de Portugal) are the Azores ( Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira

Politics

Since becoming a Portuguese Autonomous Region, the executive section of the local authority has been located in Ponta Delgada, the legislative in Horta and the judicial in Angra do Heroísmo. The President of the Regional Government is Carlos César. Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César (Born 30 October 1956 in Ponta Delgada, Azores) current president of the Regional Government of the Portuguese

Azorean politics are dominated by the two largest Portuguese political parties—PSD and PS, the latter holding a majority in the Regional Legislative Assembly. History The Social Democratic Party was born on May 6, 1974, when Francisco Sá Carneiro, Partido Socialista redirects here For other parties with similar names see Socialist Party. The CDS/PP is also represented in the local parliament. Even though the PS dominates the administrative scene, the PSD is usually more popular in city and town council elections.

Municipalities

Panoramic view near Sao Mateus, Terceira, June 2004
Panoramic view near Sao Mateus, Terceira, June 2004

The Azores are divided into nineteen municipalities (concelhos); each municipality is further divided into parishes (freguesias). Terceira Island ( pron tɨɾ'sɐiɾɐ Portuguese: Ilha Terceira) is an Island in the Azores, in the middle of the North Atlantic The Azores have a total of 156 parishes.

The Central Group

The Western Group

The Eastern Group

Horta Faial.
Horta Faial.

Cities

There are five cities in the Azores: Ponta Delgada and Ribeira Grande on São Miguel Island; Angra do Heroísmo and Praia da Vitória on the island of Terceira, and Horta on the island of Faial. Ponta Delgada (ˈpõtɐ dɛɫˈgadɐ is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo ( pron 'ɐ̃gɾɐ du eɾu'iʒmu is a city of some 21300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portuguese Praia da Vitória ( pron 'pɾajɐ dɐ vi'tɔɾiɐ "Victory Beach" in Portuguese) is a municipality in Portugal 's Autonomous Region Horta ( pron 'ɔɾtɐ is a municipality in the western part of the Azores. Three of these Ponta Delgada, Angra and Horta are considered capital cities in the regional government, homes to the President (Ponta Delgada), the Judiciary (Angra) and the Regional Assembly (Horta). Ponta Delgada (ˈpõtɐ dɛɫˈgadɐ is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal.

Geography

Island Area
São Miguel Island 759 km² 293 sq mi
Pico Island 446 km² 172 sq mi
Terceira Island 403 km² 156 sq mi
São Jorge Island 246 km² 95 sq mi
Faial Island 173 km² 67 sq mi
Flores Island 143 km² 55 sq mi
Santa Maria Island 97 km² 37 sq mi
Graciosa Island 62 km² 24 sq mi
Corvo Island 17 km² 7 sq mi

The archipelago is spread out in the area of the parallel that passes between through Lisbon (39° 43' / 39° 55' N) and 37° N, giving it a tepid oceanic subtropical climate, with mild annual oscillation. São Miguel Island ( pron sɐ̃ũ mi'gɛɫ Portuguese for Saint Michael nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous Pico Island ( Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron 'iʎɐ du 'piku is an island of the Azores noted for its eponymous Volcano, Ponta Terceira Island ( pron tɨɾ'sɐiɾɐ Portuguese: Ilha Terceira) is an Island in the Azores, in the middle of the North Atlantic São Jorge ( pron sɐ̃ũ 'ʒɔɾʒ(ɨ also known in English as San Jorge) is a Portuguese island in the central part of the Azores Faial Island ( pron fɐi'aɫ also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese Island of the Central group ( Grupo Central) of Flores Island ( pron 'floɾɨʃ is an island of the Azores, a Portuguese Archipelago in the Atlantic ocean. The island of Santa Maria ( pron 'sɐ̃tɐ mɐ'ɾiɐ Portuguese for Saint Mary) is an island located in the southeastern part of the Azores There is also a Graciosa in the Canary Islands, see Graciosa Canary Islands Graciosa Island ( pron This article is about the Island for the municipality see Corvo Azores Corvo Island ( Portuguese, Ilha do Corvo, An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian A circle of latitude, on the Earth, is an imaginary East - West circle connecting all locations (not taking into account elevation that share a given The average annual rainfall increases from east to west and ranges from 700 to 1600 annual millimetres (27. 6–63 in) on average, reaching 6,300 millimetres (250 in) in Pico mountain (the highest Portuguese mountain at 2,351 m/7,713 ft). The Azores high is named after the islands. The Azores High, also known as the Bermuda High in the United States, is a large subtropical semi-permanent centre of high atmospheric pressure Formigas (the Portuguese word for "ants") islands also called as Dollabarat Reefs, has very nice and rich maritime fauna, being like a swimming pool on the middle of the ocean, on which also grows exotic species as the black coral and swims jamantas, sharks, sea turtles and thousands of other different creatures. Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order

Lagoa das Sete Cidades
Lagoa das Sete Cidades

The archipelago lie in the Palearctic ecozone, forming a unique biome the macaronesian subtropical laurissilva, with many endemic species of plants. The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight Ecozones dividing the Earth surface A biome is a climatically and geographically defined area of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as communities of Plants Animals and Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The uniqueness of the islands gives them a very distinctive aspect.

The nine islands have a total area of 2,346 km² (906 sq mi). Their individual areas vary between São Miguel's 759 km² (293 sq mi) and Corvo's 17 km² (7 sq mi). São Miguel Island ( pron sɐ̃ũ mi'gɛɫ Portuguese for Saint Michael nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous This article is about the Island for the municipality see Corvo Azores Corvo Island ( Portuguese, Ilha do Corvo, Three islands (São Miguel, Pico and Terceira) are bigger in size than Malta (composed of three different islands), São Miguel Island alone being twice as big. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands

The nine islands are divided into three groups:

Geology

The islands are located atop an active triple junction between three large tectonic plates: the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate. A triple junction is the point where the boundaries of three Tectonic plates meet The North American Plate is a Tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland and part of Siberia. The Eurasian Plate is a Tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional Continents of Europe The African Plate is a Tectonic plate which includes the Continent of Africa, as well as oceanic crust which lies between the continent and various surrounding Volcanism associated with the formation of the islands arises from the fact that the Azores Triple Junction involves rifting, a process whereby the crust is spreading along three ridge legs radiating out from the triple junction. The Azores Triple Junction is a geologic Triple junction where the boundaries of three tectonic plates intersect the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate The volcanism is also related to the Azores hotspot. The Azores hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located at the Azores in the northern Atlantic Ocean. The islands began forming during the Tertiary period. The chuprichondira geological time interval covers roughly the time span between the demise of the non- avian Dinosaurs and beginning of the most recent Ice Age, approximately Pico, a volcano that stands 2,351 metres (7,713 ft) high on the island of the same name, has the highest altitude in the Azores. Pico Island ( Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron 'iʎɐ du 'piku is an island of the Azores noted for its eponymous Volcano, Ponta

The last volcano to erupt was the Capelinhos Volcano (Vulcão dos Capelinhos) in 1957, in western part of Faial island, increasing the size of that island. Santa Maria Island is the oldest Azorean island presenting several limestone and red clay extensions.

The Gruta das Torres, Algar do Carvão, Gruta do Natal, Gruta das Cinco Ribeiras are some of the many caves of the Azores. The Gruta das Torres is located outside of Criação Velha, Madalena on the western slopes of Mount Pico. The Algar Caves or Algar do Carvão are Caves in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores, Portugal.

Demographics

On 31 December 2002, the Azores' population was 238,767 at a density of 106 inhabitants per square kilometer (274. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 5/sq mi).

Island Population (2002) Main
city/town		 Municipalities
(% of total)
São Miguel Island 130,154 54. São Miguel Island ( pron sɐ̃ũ mi'gɛɫ Portuguese for Saint Michael nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous 50 Ponta Delgada 6
Terceira Island 54,996 23. Ponta Delgada (ˈpõtɐ dɛɫˈgadɐ is a city and municipality on São Miguel Island in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. Terceira Island ( pron tɨɾ'sɐiɾɐ Portuguese: Ilha Terceira) is an Island in the Azores, in the middle of the North Atlantic 00 Angra do Heroísmo 2
Faial Island 14,934 6. Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo ( pron 'ɐ̃gɾɐ du eɾu'iʒmu is a city of some 21300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portuguese Faial Island ( pron fɐi'aɫ also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese Island of the Central group ( Grupo Central) of 25 Horta 1
Pico Island 14,579 6. Horta ( pron 'ɔɾtɐ is a municipality in the western part of the Azores. Pico Island ( Portuguese: Ilha do Pico, pron 'iʎɐ du 'piku is an island of the Azores noted for its eponymous Volcano, Ponta 11 Madalena 3
São Jorge Island 9,522 3. Madalena ( pron mɐdɐ'lenɐ is a municipality in the western part of the Azores. São Jorge ( pron sɐ̃ũ 'ʒɔɾʒ(ɨ also known in English as San Jorge) is a Portuguese island in the central part of the Azores 99 Velas 2
Santa Maria Island 5,490 2. Velas ( pron 'vɛlɐʃ is a municipality in the São Jorge Island, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The island of Santa Maria ( pron 'sɐ̃tɐ mɐ'ɾiɐ Portuguese for Saint Mary) is an island located in the southeastern part of the Azores 30 Vila do Porto 1
Graciosa Island 4,708 1. Vila do Porto ( pron 'vilɐ du 'poɾtu Portuguese for Town of the Port) is the single municipality on the island of Santa Maria, There is also a Graciosa in the Canary Islands, see Graciosa Canary Islands Graciosa Island ( pron 97 Santa Cruz da Graciosa 1
Flores Island 3,949 1. Santa Cruz da Graciosa ( pron 'sɐ̃tɐ kɾuʃ dɐ gɾɐsi'ɔzɐ is a Portuguese municipality in the Graciosa Island, in Azores. Flores Island ( pron 'floɾɨʃ is an island of the Azores, a Portuguese Archipelago in the Atlantic ocean. 65 Santa Cruz das Flores 2
Corvo Island 435 0. Santa Cruz das Flores ( pron 'sɐ̃tɐ kɾuʃ dɐʃ 'floɾɨʃ is a municipality in Portugal, located in the Flores Island, in the western part of the This article is about the Island for the municipality see Corvo Azores Corvo Island ( Portuguese, Ilha do Corvo, 18 Vila do Corvo 1
Total 238,767 Total 19

Ethnic groups

Main article: Portuguese people

The vast majority of the inhabitants of the Azores are Portuguese, descendants of 15th century immigrants from Algarve (Southern Portugal) and from the Minho (Northern Portugal), with a minor Dutch admixture (particularly from Flanders). This article is about the municipality for the island see Corvo Island Corvo (ˈkoɾvu is a municipality located in the Corvo Island The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The Algarve ( pron aɫ'gaɾv(ɨ is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. Minho ( pron. 'miɲu is a historical Province of Portugal. It was established as an official province in 1936 and dissolved in 1976 The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.

Since the 17th century, many of them emigrated, mainly to Brazil, the USA and Canada. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Role of Portugal - co-opting Nazi Gold, Jonathan Petropoulos, Dimensions, , Vol 11, No 1, 1997
  2. ^ Azores Islands

External links

The Canary Islands ( English pronunciation kəˈnæriː ˈaɪləndz Spanish: Islas Canarias, ˈizlas kaˈnarjas are a Spanish The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia History See also History of Madeira Pre-Portuguese times Pliny mentions certain Purple Islands the position of which with reference to the Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging This is a survey of the Postage stamps and Postal history of the Azores.

Dictionary

Azores

-proper noun

  1. An island group in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal.
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