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The Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Its population is nearly 250,000. It is an autonomous region of Portugal.
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Who owns azores islands?
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Azores Islands are an autonomous region owned by Portugal.
What are the nine islands in the azores?
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There are nine:
Terceira
Graciosa
Sao Jorge
Sao Miguel
Pico
Santa Maria
Corvo
Faial
Flores
Who governs azores islands?
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The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal. I am actually here as I write. They are part of Portugal, but have a great deal of independence. On the other hand, they are totally part of mainland Portugal and dependent on the government for protection, currency, EU status, etc.
How far is the azores from Portugal?
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Quite far, but not as far as the East Coast of the USA is from the West Coast of the USA. Check it on a map and see.
Where are the azores islands?
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A group of volcanic islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean about 1,448 km (900 mi) west of mainland Portugal, of which they are administrative districts. Fishing, farming, and tourism are important to their economy.
What is the flight duration from the UK to Azores?
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The time required for flight between the above places is 2.75 hrs. Average speed of 500 miles/hour is used to calculate the time. This time is inclusive of the landing and take off times. However, the time required for the baggage and security checking has not been added. The actual time may change depending on the flight path chosen.
What is the best sailing route across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to the Azores?
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What is Azores famous for?
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The entire downtown area of Angra do Heroismo is a world heritage site. A well know landmark is the the beautiful mountain on Pico.
The Line of Demarcation is located about how many miles west of the Azores?
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1,100
(928)
How far is Azores from Bermuda?
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As the Azores are quite a large archipelago, there are several answers. The shortest distance between the two, Bermuda to Flores, is 3108km (1931 miles). The longest distance, between Bermuda and the Formigas, is 3661 km (2274 miles). An average distance would be around 3400 km (2100 miles).
What is the population of the Azores?
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The Azores are nine islands and rocky islets in the Atlantic Ocean less than 1,000 miles from Portugal. They're an autonomous region. According to the 2001 Census, their population was 241,763. It's estimated at 243,018 for 2006. In 2007 the population was around 244,000.
What langue do azores speak?
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The only language of the Azores is Açoriano Portuguese, which is a southern Portuguese dialect.
How long would it take to sail from azores to England?
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Most flights go through Lisbon, the duration including change of aircraft etc would be about 7.5 hours.
Azores belong to which country?
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It is governed by Spain. Sorry, but Portugal governs the Azores. I am here at the moment, speaking Portuguese in an autonomous region of Portugal called Açores. The Spanish come here to visit.
What is the flight time for Toronto to azores portugal?
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Toronto to Ponta Delgada, Azores- 5:15h(Going there) 6:15h (Coming Back)
Toronto to Lisbon, Mainland- 8:25h (Going There) 9:15h( Coming Back)
Aircraft =A310-300
Airlines = Sata Internacional & Air Transat
What is the distance between sao miguel Azores and portugal?
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The azores are 930 miles, or 1,500 kilometers, from mainland Portugal.
Was azores always a part of Portugal?
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No, it wasn't. However, Spain did invade Portuguese territory. Also, both Spain and Portugal were once part of the Roman Empire. The entire Iberian Peninsula, which is today modern day Spain and Portugal was called, "Hispania" by the Romans. Hence you can see why native Spanish speakers are called "Hispanic". Later in the A.D's, Portugal became an indpendant Roman province known as "Lustiania" the native Portuguese speakers are known as "Lusitanics", the Portuguese variant of a Hispanic.
This also why Spanish, Portuguese and Italian are so identical. Because not only do they belong to the Italic-Romance family but the people from today's Spain, Portugal and Italy were all once Romans. The French, Romanian and Moldovan languages sure are part of the family but they aren't intelligible with the other three.
Spain and Portugal, had a lot of historical and cultural ties therefore. As Spain, Italy and Portugal are the earliest known Roman Catholic civilizations.
Yes It was part of Spain once. Between 1580 and 1640 Portugal and Spain shared the same King, although they were "legally" two separate countries.
To summarize, in 1580 the Portuguese King dies with no descendants and in the list of succesion there was the spanish King, Felipe II of Spain which would be Felipe I of Portugal, and other noblish people. Two more Felipe's would come, the last one to be the IV of Spain, III of Portugal.
In 1st December 1640, there was a revolution to put a new King from other branch of the Portuguese Royal Family, which would be John IV. This King would make Portugal again truly separated from Spain.
Prior to all this, the people from iberic peninsula had a common heritage but we can't say that Portugal was part of Spain as Spain had never existed before.
There was Hispania (Iberic peninsula) in Roman Times but in fact portuguese people have the heritage of the Lusitanian people (equivalent to the gauls for nowadays France) which is more or less Portugal's territory today.
To make the answer a bit more clear, the following events placed Portugal under Spain's control in 1580.
Philip II was an heir to Charles V. Philip II not only possessed the Spanish kingdoms, but in 1580 he inherited Portugal. This placed the entire Iberian peninsula under his control.
