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    the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The largest city of the Azores is Ponta...
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  • renamed to Azores Airlines. In October 2015, SATA Internacional subsequently announced a major rebranding, including the name change to Azores Airlines...
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    The Azores Plateau or Azores Platform is an oceanic plateau encompassing the Azores archipelago and the Azores Triple Junction in the North Atlantic Ocean...
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    transatlantic yachters and sailors. Legislative Assembly of the Azores is located in Horta, making it Azores' legislative capital. In 1467 the Flemish nobleman Josse...
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    livestock. They also discovered non-native ryegrass in the Azores. On the other hand, mice on the Azores were discovered to have mitochondrial DNA suggesting...
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    pressure for the no. 2 engine. Azores Toronto Lisbon At 05:45 UTC, the pilots decided to divert to Lajes Air Base in the Azores. They declared a fuel emergency...
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    endemic to São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Azores bullfinch was first described in 1866...
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    The Flag of the Azores (Portuguese: Bandeira dos Açores) is the regional flag of the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores. It is a rectangular bicolour...
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  • Aviation in the Azores is part of the greater history of aviation in Portugal, and involves the historical use of the archipelago of the Azores by North American...
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  • The history of the Jews in the Azores dates back to the original Portuguese settlement of the Azores in the 15th century. The community is small, but...
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    The Azores High also known as North Atlantic (Subtropical) High/Anticyclone or the Bermuda-Azores High, is a large subtropical semi-permanent centre of...
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  • Azores Day (Portuguese: Dia dos Açores) is a regional holiday in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It commemorates the establishment of Azorean...
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    cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities...
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    Vitória dum Povo" (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal. Sayers, David (2006). Azores: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841621562...
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  • States Forces Azores (USAFORAZ) is based at Lajes Field, Portugal near Lajes on Terceira Island in the Azores. In 1953, the U.S. Forces Azores Command was...
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    the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 5,050, in an area of 4.06 km2. Faja de Baixo...
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    the Azores Current. Recent research suggests that the outflow of salty water from the Mediterranean Sea plays a role in strengthening the Azores Current...
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    is a municipality on the northeastern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 4,937, in an area of 101.47 square kilometres...
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    Hansasuta, Chuenchom (2023). "Azores Chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti), version 1.0". Birds of the World. "Tentilhão". www.azores.gov.pt. Archived from the...
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    of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores. It is part of the historic downtown of Ponta Delgada. The population in...
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    municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese of the Azores. It is situated in the westernmost part of the island, near the coast. The...
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    the Azores (Portuguese: Universidade dos Açores), or commonly abbreviated as UAc, is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It...
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  • Verde Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul Livramento (Ponta Delgada), Azores Tino Livramento This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    saving time. Continental Portugal and Madeira use UTC+00:00, while the Azores use UTC–01:00. Daylight saving time (locally known as Hora de Verão, meaning...
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    Corvo Island (redirect from Corvo, Azores)
    single municipality in the Azores and in Portugal. The island lies on the North American Plate. The documented history of the Azores originates with non-official...
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    28.75°W / 38.5; -28.75 (Azores hotspot) The Azores hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. The Azores is relatively young and is...
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    services, until his death. List of volcanoes in Azores "Geografia Flores". iaram.azores.gov.pt. Azores Government. Retrieved 14 January 2021. "INE - Plataforma...
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    Pico on Pico Island in the Azores. The archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores are scattered within the Atlantic Ocean: the Azores straddling the Mid-Atlantic...
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    the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de Cima is located in the Picos region in the western part of the...
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    Gordon & Argus 2010, The Azores microplate, pp. 24–25 da Silva Fernandes, R. M. (2004). Present-Day Kinematics at the Azores-Gibraltar Plate Boundary...
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