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Autonomous Region of the Azores
Azores Autonomous Region

Motto: " Before
Morrer books that em peace sujeitos "
(Portuguese for" Rather die free than in peace subjugated ")
Anthem:
A Portuguese (national)

Hino dos Açores (Local)

Capital Ponta Delgada ¹
Angra make Heroísmo ²
Horta ³
largest city
Ponta Delgada
Official languages
Portuguese
Government
Autonomous Region
- President Carlos Cesar
Establishment

-
recorded from 1439 to 1976
Autonomy Area

- Total 2346 km ² and # 160; (n / a)
911 sq. my
Population

- 2006 estimate 243,018 (n / a)
& # 160; - Census 2001 241763
- 104/km ² density (n / a)
266 / sq. my
Currency
Euro (€) _ inse_tas_4 (EUR )
Time zone
UTC-1
Internet TLD
Azor.pt
Calling code
+351

¹ situation of the presidency of the regional government (

37 ° 44'N, 25 ° 40'W) Azor.

² Location of the Supreme Court (

38 ° 39'N, 27 ° 13'W) Azor.

³ Location of the Legislative Assembly (

38 ° 32'N, 28 ° 38 'W) Azor.

⁴ Before 2002: Portuguese escudo

The Azores (Portuguese:
Açores pronounced
[ɐ ˈ as ɾɨʃ] or
[& ɐ # 712; so ɾʃ]) are a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1500 km (950 miles) from Lisbon and about 3900 km (2400 miles) from the east coast of North America Azor. The two Western Azores (Flores and Corvo), in fact is at the plate and North America are only 1925 km (1200 miles) from St Azor. John "s in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador Azor. The Azores' most important industries are tourism, raising beef and dairy cattle, fishing and Azor.
The nine major Azores and the eight small Formigas extend for more than 600 km (373 miles), and are in North-south to east-west direction Azor. The vastness of the islands defines a vast exclusive economic zone of 1 million km ² Azor.1 Azor. The westernmost point of this area is 3380 km (2100 miles) from the North American continent Azor. All the islands are volcanic, but Santa Maria also has some coral contribution Azor. Mountain Peak on the island of Pico, at 2351 m (7713 and # 160; feet) elevation, is the highest in all of Portugal Azor. The Azores are actually the peaks of some of the highest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean Azor. The archipelago forms Autonomous Region Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal Azor.
Though commonly said that the archipelago is the name of the goshawk (
Açor in Portuguese), and was supposed to be a common bird in the moment of discovery, the bird actually never existed in the islands Azor. Some historians suggest the Portuguese archaic word "
azules" (the plural of blue) by the color of the islands, when seen from afar Azor. The majority, however, insist that the name derives from the birds, pointing to a local subspecies buzzard (
Buteo buteo), since the animal early explorers mistakenly identified as goshawks Azor.

History

Sixteenth century map of the Azores islands Azor.
The were known in the fourteenth century, and that might be considered incomplete, for example, in the Atlas Catalan Azor. In 1427, one of the masters of the sail of Henry the Navigator rediscovered the Azores, possibly Gonçalo Velho, but this is not true Azor. The colonization of the then vacant Islands began in 1439 with people mainly from the mainland provinces of Alentejo and Algarve Azor. In 1583, Philip II of Spain as king of Portugal sent his fleet combined Iberian clear to the French traders from the Azores, with its decision hanging Yardarms of prisoners of war and contribute to the "Black Legend" Azor. The Azores were the second to last part of the Portuguese empire to resist Philip 's reign over Portugal (Macao to be the last), the Azores was sent back to the Portuguese to control the end of the Iberian Union, and not by military efforts , as they were already in the War of Restoration efforts on the continent, but by the people attacking either Spanish garrison fortified () 1820 The civil war in Portugal had a great impact on the Azor Azores. In 1829, in Vila da Praia, the Liberals won most of the absolutist, which makes Terceira Island headquarters of the new Portuguese regime and that the Regency Council (Conselho
of Regência), Mary II of Portugal Azor.
Beginning established in 1868, Portugal issued its stamps overprinted with "
AÇORES" for use in the islands Azor. Between 1892 and 1906, also issued stamps independent of the three administrative districts of the time Azor.
From 1836 to 1976, the archipelago is divided into three districts fairly equivalent (except in the area) to those on the mainland Portuguese Azor . The division is arbitrary, and not "follow the natural t island groups, and does not reflect the location of each district capital in the three major cities (or each group in the west) Azor.

• Angra Consisted of Sao Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, with the capital in Angra do Heroísmo Terceira on Azor.
• Horta consisted of Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo, with the capital in Horta on Faial Azor.
• Ponta Delgada consisted of Sao Miguel and Santa Maria, with its capital at Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel Azor.

Angra do Heroísmo Azor.
During World War II, in 1943, the Portuguese dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar leased bases in the Azores to the British Azor. This represented a change in policy Azor. Previously, the government only allowed Portuguese German U-boats and ships of the navy to refuel there Azor. Azor. This was a key turning point in the battle of the Atlantic, allowing the allies to provide air cover in the mid-Atlantic Azor. This helped them to hunt U-boats and protect convoys Azor.
In 1944, the American forces built a small and short-lived at the airbase on the island of St. Mary Azor. In 1945, a new foundation was founded on the island of Terceira and is currently known as the Lajes Field Azor. It was founded in an area called Lajes, a wide, flat sea terrace, which had been a farm Azor. Lajes Field is a plateau emerging from the sea in the North East corner of the island Azor. The air force base is a collection of companies in America and the Portuguese Azor. Lajes Field US Continues to support military operations and Portuguese Azor. During the Cold War, U.S. Naval P-3 Orion anti-submarine squadrons From patrolled the North Atlantic for Soviet submarines and surface ships spy Azor. Since its inception, Lajes Field has been used for the refuelling of aircraft destined for Europe and, more recently, the Middle East Azor. The U.S. Army Operates a small fleet of military vessels - probably Maritime Prepositioning Shipping - at the Port of Praia da Vitoria, three kilometers (2 miles) southeast of Lajes Field Azor. The airfield also has a small terminal handling commercial and regular passenger charter flights from other islands, Europe and North America Azor.
In of 1976, the Azores became the Autonomous Region of the Azores (
Região Autonomous of the Azores), one of the autonomous regions of Portugal, the Azores and the districts were repressed Azor.

Politics
Since become an autonomous region of Portugal, Section executive of the local authority has been located in Ponta Delgada, Horta, the legislative and judicial authority in Angra do Heroísmo Azor. The Chairman of the Regional Government Carlos Cesar Azor.
Azorean is politics are dominated by the two main political parties Portuguese - PSD and PS, the latter holding a majority in the Regional Legislative Assembly Azor. CDS / PP is also represented in the local parliament Azor. Although the PS administrative dominates the scene, the PSD is generally more popular in the city and City Council elections Azor.

Municipalities

Panoramic view near Sao Mateus, Terceira, June 2004
The Azores is divided into nineteen municipalities (
county), each municipality is divided into parishes (freguesias
) Azor. The Azores have a total of 156 parishes Azor.
There Are also five cities: Ponta Delgada and Ribeira Grande on the island of Sao Miguel, Angra do Heroismo and Praia da Vitória in Terceira, and Horta, Faial Azor.
Angra

• Terceira
  • Angra do Heroísmo in Vila da Praia da Vitória
• Graciosa
  • Santa Cruz da Graciosa
• São Jorge
  • Calheta and Velas

Horta

• Pico
  • Lajes do Pico , and Madalena São Roque do Pico
• Faial
  • Horta
• Flores
  • Lajes das Flores and Santa Cruz das Flores
• Corvo
  • Corvo

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Ponta Delgada

• Santa Maria
  • Vila make Porto
• São Miguel
  • Lagoa, Northeast, Ponta Delgada, Povoaão, Ribeira Grande and Vila Franca do Campo Azor.

Horta Faial Azor.

Geography Island
Area

Sao Miguel Island 759 km ² 293 km ²
Pico Island 446 km ² 172 km ²
Terceira island of 403 km ² 156 km ²
St. George Island 246 km ² 95 km ²
island of Faial 173 km ² 67 km ²
island of Flores 143 km ² 55 km ²
Santa Maria Island 97 km ² 37 km ²
Isla Graciosa 62 km ² ² 24; My
Corvo Island 17 km ² ² 7 my

The archipelago is distributed in the area of latitude that passes through between Lisbon (39 ° 43 "/ 39 ° 55" N) and 37 ° N, giving a warm subtropical oceanic climate, with mild oscillation annual Azor. The average annual precipitation increases from east to west and varies from 700 to 1600 mm per year (27 Azor.6-63) On average, reaching 6300 mm (250) at Pico Mountain (the highest mountain in Portuguese in 2351 m/7713 ft) Azor. The Azores High is named after the islands Azor. Formigas (the Portuguese word for "ants"), also known as Dollabarat Reef islands, has a good and rich marine fauna, such as a swimming pool in the middle of the ocean, which also grows exotic species such as black coral and Jamantas anything, sharks, sea turtles and thousands of different creatures Azor.

Lagoa das Sete Cidades
The archipelago are in the Palearctic ecozona, forming a single biome laurissilva the macaronesian subtropical, with many endemic species of plants Azor. The uniqueness of the islands is a very distinctive Azor.
The nine islands have a total area of 2346 km ² (906 sq mi) Azor. Their individual areas range from São Miguel "s 759 km ² (293 & # 160; km ²) and Corvo 's 17 km ² (7 mi ²) Azor. Three islands (Sao Miguel, Terceira and Pico) are larger in size than Malta (consisting of three different islands), the island of Sao Miguel only be considered twice as big Azor.
The nine islands are divided into three groups: Group < ul>

• The Eastern (
  Eastern Group), Sao Miguel, Santa Maria and Formigas Islets
• The Central Group (Group
  Central) of Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico and Faial
• The Western Group (Group
  Ocidental), and Flowers Corvo Azor.

The islands were formed during the Tertiary period of the Azores hotspot in the Alpine stage Azor. The volcanic cones and volcanic craters reveal the source of most of the islands Azor. Peak, a volcano which is 2351 meters (7713 feet) high on the island of the same name, has the highest elevation in the Azores Azor. The volcano last erupted was the Capelinhos Volcano (
Vulcão two Capelinhos) in 1957, in the western part of the Faial island, increasing the size of that island Azor. Santa Maria Island is the oldest island of the Azores submit several limestone and clay red Azor.
On tracts of December 31, 2002, the Azores' 238,767 in a population density of 106 persons per square kilometre (274 Azor.5 / sq mi) Azor.

Demographics Island
Population (2002)
Main
city / Town
Municipalities

(% of total)

Sao Miguel Island 130154 54 Azor.50 Ponta Delgada 6
Terceira Island 54996 23 Azor.00 Angra do Heroísmo 2
Faial Island 14934 6 Azor.25 Horta 1
Pico Island 14579 6 Azor.11 Madalena 3
island of St. George's 9522 3 Azor.99 Candles 2
Isla Santa Maria 5490 2 Azor.30 Vila do Porto 1
Isla Graciosa 4708 1 Azor.97 Santa Cruz da Graciosa 1
island of Flores 3949 1 Azor.65 Santa Cruz das Flores 2
Corvo Island 435 0 Azor.18 Vila do Corvo 1
Total 238767 Total 19

Ethnic groups
The vast majority of the people from the Azores, Portugal, descendants of immigrants from the 15 century Algarve (southern Portugal) of the Minho (Northern Portugal), with a smaller Dutch mix (particularly in Flanders) Azor.
Since the 17 century, many of them emigrated, mainly to Brazil, USA Canada and Azor.

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