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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Ponta Delgada (redirect from Ponta Delgada, Azores)
the Azores gained attention through many different travel media mediums, such as the World Travel Market London’s annual survey recognized the Azores as...
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livestock. They also discovered non-native ryegrass in the Azores. Additionally, mice on the Azores were discovered to have mitochondrial DNA suggesting they...
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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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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 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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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 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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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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Angra do Heroísmo (redirect from Angra (Azores))
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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Livramento (redirect from Livramento, Azores)
Verde Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul Livramento (Ponta Delgada), Azores Dailon Livramento (born 2001) Cape Verde football player Tino Livramento...
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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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The political status of the Azores is defined by the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Estatuto Político-Administrativo...
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Time in Portugal (redirect from Azores Standard Time)
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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Pico Island (redirect from Pico (Azores))
the Portuguese Azores. The landscape features an eponymous volcano, Ponta do Pico, which is the highest mountain in Portugal, the Azores, and the highest...
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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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Fajã de Baixo (redirect from Fajã de Baixo, Azores)
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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Air Transat Flight 236 (redirect from Azores Glider)
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. Initially there was a 14 degree...
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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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Ginetes (redirect from Ginetes, Azores Islands)
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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São Pedro (Ponta Delgada) (redirect from São Pedro, Azores)
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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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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Fazenda (redirect from Fazenda, Azores Islands)
A fazenda (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈzẽdɐ, fa-]) is a plantation found throughout Brazil during the colonial period (16th - 18th centuries). They were...
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Fajã de Cima (redirect from Fajã de Cima, Azores)
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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Azores practiced law before helping organize and establish the San Pablo Colleges in 1947, where he served as dean of its law school. In 1969, Azores...
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President of the Regional Government of the Azores is the head of the devolved government of the Azores archipelago, since the Carnation Revolution that...
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Lajes Field (redirect from Air bases in the Azores)
Heroísmo on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal. It is home to the Portuguese Air Force Base Aérea N º4 and Azores Air Zone Command (Portuguese: Comando...
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Sete Cidades (Ponta Delgada) (redirect from Sete Cidades, Azores Islands)
famous letter, Toscanelli placed the mythical lands of Sete Cidades near the Azores: "The island of Antillia was discovered by the Portuguese, and now when...
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