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The Azores are divided into 19 municipalities (concelhos); each municipality is further divided into freguesias (civil administrative parishes), of which there is a total of 156 in all of the Azores. There are six cities ( cidades ) in the Azores: Ponta Delgada , Lagoa and Ribeira Grande on the island of São Miguel; Angra do Heroísmo and ...
Sete Cidades Protected Landscape Area. Sete Cidades is a civil parish in the center of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, that is likewise located in the center of a massive volcanic crater five kilometres (3 mi) across, also referred to as Sete Cidades.
Azores Airlines Airbus A321neo. This is a list of airports currently and formerly served by the Portuguese airline Azores Airlines (formerly SATA Internacional) as of January 2024, and separately from the domestic operations of its parent company SATA Air Açores. The list includes destinations operated by charter in addition to regularly ...
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 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.
Correio dos Açores; Type: Daily newspaper: Format: Berliner: Owner(s) Gráfica Açoreana, Lda. Founder(s) Francisco Luís Tavares; José Bruno Tavares Carreiro
Angra do Heroísmo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ ðu eɾuˈiʒmu] ⓘ), or simply Angra, [1] [2] is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores.
Pico Island (Ilha do Pico, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiʎɐ ðu ˈpiku]) is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores.The landscape features an eponymous volcano, Ponta do Pico, which is the highest mountain in Portugal, the Azores, and the highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.