Azores Azores Achada is a parish in the district of Nordeste in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 503, its density is 45/km² and the area is 11.19 km². The mountains are near Achada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achada"
Achadinha (from Achada + -inha meaning Little Achada) is a parish in the district of Nordeste in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 561, its density is 40.5/km² and the area is 13.86 km². It is located E fo Ribeira Grande, NE of Ponta Delgada (the capital), N of Furnas and W of Nordeste. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking Ponta Delgada, Ribeira Grande and Nordeste. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north. The mountains are to the south. The municipality of Ribeira Grande lies to the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achadinha"
Água de Alto ( Portuguese for high water) is a parish in the district of Vila Franca do Campo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,624, its density is 88.1/km² and the area is 18.44 km². It is located on a road linking Ponta Delgada, Lagoa and the municipal seat. It is located E of Ponta Delgada and Lagoa and SE of Ribeira Grande. The main industry are agriculture. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the south while the mountains which are mainly covered with laurisilva forests and valleys lie to the north. Farmlands are in low-lying areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Água de Alto"
Água de Pau is a parish in the district of Lagoa in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,122, its density is 179.1/km² and the area is 17.43 km². It is the third-largest and the second leastly populated parish in Lagoa. It is also the largest in Lagoa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Água de Pau"
Agua de Pau is a stratovolcano in central Sao Miguel Island. About 30,0000 to 45,000 years ago the 4 km wide and 7 km long outer caldera was formed. The inner caldera, which is 2.5 km wide and 4 km long was formed about 15,000 years ago. The younger inner caldera is partially filled by the crater lake Lagoa do Fogo. Until 5000 years ago the activity in the caldera created several post-caldera lava domes on the northern and western flank. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agua de Pau"
Água Retorta ( Portuguese meaning higher water) is a parish in the district of Povoação in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 497, its density is 33.2/km² and the area is 14.97 km². It is located E of Vila Franca do Campo, Ribeira Grande and Furnas. It is also located SE of Ribeira Grande. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking Nordoeste and Furnas downhill. The mountains are to the west. Água Retorta is in the northeastern part of the parish and the eastern part of the island. It is the smallest, the highest and the easternmost parish in Povoação. ...more on Wikipedia about "Água Retorta"
Agualva is a parish in the district of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,573, its density is 44.1/km² and the area is 35.7 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Agualva (Praia da Vitória)"
Air Transat Flight 236 was an Air Transat route between Toronto and Lisbon flown by Captain Robert Piché and First Officer Dick Dejager. On August 24, 2001, the flight ran out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean with 306 people (293 passengers + 13 crew) on board. ...more on Wikipedia about "Air Transat Flight 236"
Ajuda da Bretanha is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ajuda da Bretanha"
Algarvia (from Algarve + ia) is a parish in the district of Nordeste in the Azores. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking to Ribeira Grande - Nordeste. The mountains are to the south. On July 16, 2002, the parish was split from Nordestinho and also created Santo António de Nordestinho and São Pedro de Nordestinho. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algarvia"
Almagreira is a parish in the district of Vila do Porto in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 537, its density is 50.8/km² and the area is 10.58 km². It is located NE of Vila do Porto. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking to Vila do Porto. It is the smallest parish in area, the second smallest in population and the second most densest in Vila do Porto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Almagreira (Vila do Porto)"
Altares is a parish in the district of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 884, its density is 33.9/km² and the area is 26.04 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Altares"
Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo ( pron. IPA / /) is the capital of Terceira Island, the former capital of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, and chief town of an administrative district, comprising of nine islands: Terceira, São Jorge Island, Graciosa, Sao Miguel Island, Pico Island, Santa Maria Island, Flores Island, Faial Island, and Corvo Island. Angra is built on the south coast of Terceira in . It is the headquarters of a military command, and the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop; its principal buildings are the cathedral, military college, arsenal and observatory. The harbour, now of little commercial or strategic importance, but formerly a celebrated naval station, is sheltered on the west and south-west by the promontory of Mt. Brazil; but it is inferior to the neighbouring ports of Ponta Delgada and Horta. The foreign trade is not large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other fruit. Angra served as a refuge for Queen Maria II of Portugal from 1830 to 1833. It also served refure for Almeida Garrett during the Napoleonic Wars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angra do Heroísmo"
Angústias is a parish in the district of Horta in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 2,784, its density is 675.73/km² and the area is 4.12 km². It is the second most dense and the second smallest parish while it is the most populated parish on Horta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angústias"
Arrifes is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 6,941, its density is 274.7/km² and the area is 25.27 km². It is located in the western part of the island of São Miguel and is connected by roads linking to Capelas and Ribeira Grande. The mountains which are covered with lovely trees are to the west while fertile lands covers the rest of Arrifes. The main industry are agriculture. Farmlands dominate the north and east while the mountainous areas cover the rest of Capelas. Arrifes is one of the few parishes that are landlocked. The main source of production is agriculture and is also the milk-producing region of the Azores. Milk factories are also located in Arrifes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arrifes"
The Azores ( Portuguese: Açores, pron. IPA / / or / /) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Azores"
Bandeiras is a parish in the district of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 520, its density is 20.1/km² and the area is 25.92 km². It is the least populated parish in Madalena. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bandeiras (Azores)"
Biscoitos is a parish in the district of Praia da Vitória in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,425, its density is 54.2/km² and the area is 26.3 km². The village has a wine museum called Museu do Vinho dos Biscoitos. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biscoitos"
Cabeço Gordo ( Portuguese for fat head) is the highest mountain on the island of Faial with its elevation at 1,043 m. It also has a crater and is also a caldera. The volcano is extinct since the last eruption of 1957/ 1958 and created Capelinhos with 2.4 km². Its diameter is 2 km and the valley from the volcano is 400 m lower. The crater changed the island of Faial and moved slightly west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabeço Gordo"
Cabo da Praia is a parish in the district of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,469, its density is 220.9/km² and the area is 6.65 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabo da Praia"
Cabouco is a parish in the district of Lagoa in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 1,736, its density is 337.1/km² and the area is 5.15 km². It is one of the highest parishes in Lagoa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabouco"
Calheta ( pron. IPA / /) is a municipality in central the part of the Azores. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calheta (Azores)"
Calheta de Nesquim is a parish in the district of Lajes do Pico in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 417, its density is 26.3/km² and the area is 15.85 km². It is the second smallest parish, 7 people larger than Riberinha and the second smallest parish in Lajes do Pico. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calheta de Nesquim"
Calhetas is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 780, its density is 166/km² and the area is 4.7 km². Calhetas is the smallest parish in area in Ribeira Grande. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calhetas"
Candelária is a parish in the district of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 892, its density is 28.1/km² and the area is 31.72 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Candelária (Madalena)"
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