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    The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic...
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    of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine...
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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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    history of the Azores surveys the postal history of the Portuguese archipelago, situated in the north Atlantic. The first stamps used in the Azores were...
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  • The following is a list of notable natural disasters that have affected the Azores: Around 1432: First recorded famine in the Azores. 1439–1444 (undocumented):...
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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...
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    one of the three capital cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the...
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    of the Western Group (Grupo Ocidental) of the Azores. It has an area of 143 km2, a population of 3428 inhabitants, and, together with Corvo Island of...
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    The Conquest of the Azores (also known as the Spanish conquest of the Azores), but principally involving the conquest of the island of Terceira, occurred...
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    again, but lost the majority it had always held. Now it governs in coalition with the Popular Party. History of the Azores Funchal history and timeline Ann...
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    recorded by Father Gaspar Frutuoso in the seminal history of the Azores, Saudades da Terra, as he began: "This island of São Miguel where...we are, is mountainous...
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  • Azores Airlines, previously known as SATA Internacional, is a Portuguese airline based in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel...
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    organized a subordinate unified command in the Azores called U.S. Forces Azores (USFORAZ). A small staff of United States Army, United States Air Force...
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  • Portuguese explorers of the Azores. The statue was made of stone and was destroyed in the late 15th or early 16th century, as a result of a failed attempt...
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    The Azores Summit was a meeting held on 16 March 2003 at Lajes Air Base on Terceira Island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal, between the heads of government...
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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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    The University of the Azores (Portuguese: Universidade dos Açores), or commonly abbreviated as UAc, is the only public university in the Autonomous Region...
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    War Plan Gray (category History of the Azores)
    plan for the United States to invade the Azores Islands in 1940–41 given the possibility of Germany seizing the islands. Gray is one of the many color-coded...
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  • The 1998 Azores Islands earthquake (also known as the Faial earthquake) struck with an epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores Islands of Portugal...
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    Corvo Island (redirect from Corvo, Azores)
     'Island of the Crow') is the smallest and the northernmost island of the Azores archipelago and the northernmost in Macaronesia. It has a population of 435...
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  • Operation Alacrity (category History of the Azores)
    Operation Alacrity was the code name for a possible Allied seizure of Azores during World War II. It never took place because Portugal agreed to an Allied...
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    sailors. The Legislative Assembly of the Azores is located in Horta, making it Azores' legislative capital. In 1467 the Flemish nobleman Josse van Huerter...
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  • The Province of the Azores was an administrative unit of Portugal encompassing the archipelago of the Azores between 1832 and 1833. It was created by Decree...
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    The Azores Voyage of 1589, also known as Cumberland's Third Voyage, was a series of conflicts in the Azores islands between August and September 1589...
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    of his life in exile, first in Lisbon, but later on the island of Terceira, in the Azores. Gungunhana was the last dynastic emperor of the Empire of Gaza...
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  • 1816 North Atlantic earthquake (category History of the Azores)
    The 1816 North Atlantic earthquake occurred on 2 February somewhere between the Azores Islands and Lisbon, Portugal. The estimated moment magnitude 8.3–8...
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  • The Regional Junta of the Azores (Portuguese: Junta Regional dos Açores) was the governing body created under Decree-Law 458-B/75 (22 August 1975), to...
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    The Azores noctule (Nyctalus azoreum) is a species of bat found in the dry forests of the Azores. It is the only species of mammal endemic to the Azores...
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    The Battle of Flores (1592), also known as Cruising Voyage to the Azores of 1592, or the Capture of the Madre de Deus describes a series of naval engagements...
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  • discovered in 1749 on the island of Corvo, the smallest and most remote island of the Azores. The only source of information about the find is a report published...
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