• The Protected Areas of the Azores (Portuguese: Rede Regional de Áreas Protegidas) are the basic administrative-territorial and conservation structures...
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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 Protected areas of Portugal (Portuguese: Áreas protegidas de Portugal) are classified under a legal protection statute that allows for the adequate...
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    Pico Island (redirect from Pico (Azores))
    third of the Natura 2000 protected areas of the Azores are located on Pico. It has also the largest number of volcanic cavities (lava caves) of anywhere...
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    20% is forested and outside protected areas. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Azores temperate mixed forests. "Azores temperate mixed forests". Terrestrial...
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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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    Faial Island (redirect from Fayal, Azores)
    Portuguese island of the Central Group or Grupo Central of the Azores, in the Atlantic Ocean. The Capelinhos Volcano is the westernmost point of the island and...
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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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    landscape of the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, Azores. The protected area is given its name by the Barreiro da Faneca, nicknamed the "Red Desert of the Azores"...
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    expositions. Protected areas of the Azores Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar, ed. (2013). "Flores/Parque Natural". Horta (Azores), Portugal: Secretaria...
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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 United 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...
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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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    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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    Lagoa do Fogo (redirect from Fogo, Azores)
    the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The highest lake located on the island of São Miguel, the region is protected by governmental regulation that...
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    from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Terceira, and was instituted by the "Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar"...
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    of Sete Cidades. Ironically, Fernando de Ulmo was then married to one of the daughters of Fernão Teles and lived on one of the islands of the Azores when...
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  • marine protected area (MPA) is a protected area that includes primarily marine environment and biodiversity. The International Union for Conservation of Nature...
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    bird in the true finch family. It is endemic to São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Azores bullfinch...
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    Varadouro (English: Protected Area of Capelinhos, Northwest Coast and Varadouro) - the protected area encompasses many of the extinct cones of Cabeço Verde,...
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    (Plains); Algarve; and the islands of the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores. All these regions are grouped in tourism reference areas, which are widely...
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    Topo Islet (category Islets of the Azores)
    protected areas of the Azores. The entire terrestrial area of the islet is protected. As sheep and cattle pasture on the islet—damaging the natural habitat—its...
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    an island in the eastern group of the Azores archipelago (south of the island of São Miguel) and the southernmost island in the Azores. The island is known...
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    Vila Franca Islet (category Islets of the Azores)
    (2011). "Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo Protected Area for the Management of Habitat or Species". parquesnaturais.azores.gov.pt (in English and Portuguese)...
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    Ponta dos Rosais (category Geology of the Azores)
    Rosais and the surrounding area are within a locally protected area of the Azores known as the Monumento Natural da Ponta dos Rosais (Ponta dos Rosais...
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    Grande is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas on the Portuguese island of São Jorge in the Azores; owing to the existence of an ecumenical faith community...
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    the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial, the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 401, in an area of 10.40 km². The settlement of Salão...
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    Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. This is an economically active, densely populated area. The population in 2011 was 2,418, in an area of 3.79 km2. Due to...
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    Santa Clara (Ponta Delgada) (category Parishes of Ponta Delgada)
    parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada (São Miguel) in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,971, in an area of 2.24 km²...
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    parish") in the northeastern part of the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores. Pedro Miguel is located 6 km north of the city of Horta...
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