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Flag of the Azores. The political status of the Azores is defined by the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma dos Açores, EPARAA), which acts as the standard legal constitutional framework for the autonomy of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Below is a table of sovereign states in Europe by GDP (PPP) per capita in international dollars. [2] Countries are ranked by their estimated 2024 figures. Note: transcontinental countries that are partly (but not entirely) located in Europe are also shown in the table, but the values shown are for the entire country.
The first legal document identified to create a protected area in the Azores, was Decree 78/72 (7 March 1972), [2] which created the Reserva Integral da Caldeira do Faial (Integrated Reserve of the Faial Caldera), which was closely followed by Decree 79/72 (8 March 1972), that established the Reserva Integral da Montanha da ilha do Pico (Integrated Reserve of the Mountain of the Island of Pico).
Caracterização da actividade vulcânica da ilha de S. Miguel (Açores): vulcanismo basáltico recente e zonas de desgaseificação. Avaliação de riscos. Tese de Doutoramento no ramo de Geologia, especialidade de Vulcanologia. Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Geociências. p. 248. Ferreira, T.; Tanguy, Jean-Claude (2001).
The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (Portuguese: Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas), normally shortened to DOP/UAç, is an Azorean oceanographic institute and research arm of the University of the Azores, with its seat in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial.
Situated 1,360 kilometres (850 mi) west of continental Portugal, about 880 kilometres (550 mi) northwest of Madeira and approximately 1,925 kilometres (1,196 mi) southeast of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Azores Geopark includes several geologically-significant sites throughout all nine islands and maritime seafloor of the Azores.
A view of the parish of Água de Pau, as seen from the coast, along the slopes of the Água de Pau massif The compact streets that wind around the main center of Água de Pau The town of Água de Pau is located along the southern coast of the island of São Miguel , approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the municipal center of Lagoa.
Frutuoso, Gaspar (2005), Saudades da Terra (Vol.VI), Ponta Delgada (Açores): Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada, ISBN 972-9216-70-3; Neves, Carlos; Carvalho, Filipe; Artur Teodoro Mato (1992), Documentação sobre as Fortificações dos Açores existentes nos Arquivos de Lisboa – Catálogo, Boletim do Instituto Histórico da Ilha Terceira ...