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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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 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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  • 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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    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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    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 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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  • volcanoes in the Portuguese territories of the Azores and Madeira. The largest volcano in the Azores: Mount Pico A series of cones toward the Caldeira...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    which formed the Capelinhos Volcano. Seismic events are common in the Azores. The Azores are occasionally subject to very strong earthquakes, as is the continental...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    municipality in the São Jorge Island, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality encompasses the western portion of the island, with its...
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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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    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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    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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