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São Miguel Island ( pronounced [ˈsɐ̃w miˈɣɛl]; Portuguese for "Saint Michael"), nicknamed "The Green Island" ( Ilha Verde ), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The island covers 760 km 2 (290 sq mi) and has around 140,000 inhabitants, with 45,000 people residing in Ponta Delgada, the ...
Flores Island ( Portuguese: Ilha das Flores; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfloɾɨʃ]) is an island of the Western Group ( Grupo Ocidental) of the Azores. It has an area of 143 km 2, a population of 3428 inhabitants, and, together with Corvo Island of the western archipelago, lies within the North American Plate.
Azores Airlines, previously known as SATA Internacional, is a Portuguese airline based in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel in the autonomous archipelago of the Azores. [2] [3] A subsidiary of SATA Air Açores , the airline operates as the international arm of the regional network, connecting the archipelago ...
Map of the Azores Islands (1584) by Abraham Ortelius. The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
São Jorge is a relatively long thin island with tall cliffs, whose 8,381 inhabitants are concentrated on various geological debris fields ( fajãs) along the north and south coasts; from east to west, the island is 53 kilometres (33 mi) long and, north to south, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide: its area is 237.59 square kilometres (91.73 sq mi).
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 with a field unevenly divided into blue on the hoist, and white on the fly. It was established on 10 April 1979 by the Regional Assembly of the Azores, being based in the National Flag ...
Vila Franca do Campo ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈfɾɐ̃kɐ ðu ˈkɐ̃pu] ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the southern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores. The population of the municipality was 11,229 in 2011, [1] in an area of 77.97 km². [2] The town proper, which incorporates ...
Banco de Portugal. Valuation. Pegged with. Portuguese real = -15% units. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The Azorean real, also known as the Azorean Moeda Insulana ( Insular Currency) was the currency of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, used until 1931.