Azores
The archipelago of the Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal. This group of islands of the Atlantic Ocean is an ultra-peripheral area of the European Union.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Azorean Pineapple Plantation and Gruta do Carvão.
Gruta do Carvão
Cave
The Gruta do Carvão is an ancient lava tube located on the outskirts of the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ponta Delgada and Fajã de Cima.
Ponta Delgada
Photo: Apeto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ponta Delgada is the largest city in the Azores archipelago. It is on the island of São Miguel, and was home to 67,000 people in 2021. It is an important administrative, industrial and agricultural centre, and the home of the University of the Azores.
Fajã de Cima
Village
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Fajã de Cima is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Fajã de Cima is located in the Picos region in the western part of the island of São Miguel, north of central Ponta Delgada. Fajã de Cima is situated 3½ km north of Azores.
Fajã de Baixo
Village
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Fajã de Baixo is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 5,050, in an area of 4.06 km2.
Azores
Latitude
37.7406° or 37° 44′ 26″ northLongitude
-25.6728° or 25° 40′ 22″ westPopulation
243,000Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
899PP8RG+6VGeoNames ID
3373385
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Azores” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Asore”
- Albanian: “Ishujt Azore”
- Arabic: “الأزور”
- Armenian: “Ազորյան կղզիներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Azor adaları”
- Basque: “Azoreak”
- Belarusian: “Азорскія астравы”
- Breton: “Azorez”
- Bulgarian: “Азорски острови”
- Catalan: “Açores”
- Chinese: “亚述尔群岛”
- Chinese: “亚速尔群岛”
- Cornish: “Ynysek Açores”
- Corsican: “Azore”
- Croatian: “Azori”
- Czech: “Azory”
- Danish: “Acorerne”
- Danish: “Azorerne”
- Dutch: “Azoren”
- Esperanto: “Acoroj”
- Estonian: “Assoorid”
- Extremaduran: “Açoris”
- Finnish: “Azorit”
- French: “Açores”
- Galician: “Azores”
- Georgian: “აზორის კუნძულები”
- German: “Azoren”
- Greek: “Αζόρες”
- Hebrew: “האיים האזוריים”
- Hungarian: “Azori-szigetek”
- Icelandic: “Asóreyjar”
- Ido: “Acori”
- Indonesian: “Azores”
- Interlingua: “Azores”
- Italian: “Azzorre”
- Japanese: “アゾレス諸島”
- Kazakh: “Азор аралдары”
- Korean: “아소르스 제도”
- Latin: “Azores”
- Latvian: “Azoru salas”
- Ligurian: “Isoe Azore”
- Lithuanian: “Azorai”
- Macedonian: “Азорски Острови”
- Malagasy: “Asaoro”
- Marathi: “असोरेस”
- Mingrelian: “აზორიშ კოკეფი”
- Mirandese: “Açores”
- Northern Frisian: “Azoren”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Asorene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asorane”
- Norwegian: “Asorene”
- Norwegian: “Azorene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Açòres”
- Ossetian: “Азоры сакъадæхтæ”
- Persian: “آزور”
- Polish: “Azory”
- Portuguese: “Açores”
- Romanian: “Azore”
- Russian: “Азорские острова”
- Saterfriesisch: “Azoren”
- Serbian: “Азорска острва”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Azori”
- Slovak: “Azory”
- Slovenian: “Azori”
- Spanish: “Azores”
- Sundanese: “Asores”
- Swahili: “Azori”
- Swedish: “Azorerna”
- Thai: “อะโซร์ส”
- Turkish: “Azorlar”
- Ukrainian: “Азорські острови”
- Urdu: “آزورس”
- Vietnamese: “Açores”
- Vlaams: “Azôorn”
- Western Frisian: “Azoaren”
- Western Panjabi: “ازور”
- Yoruba: “Àwọn Azore”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ponta Delgada and Senhora da Piedade.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palácio da Conceição (Sede do Governo Regional dos Açores) and Palácio de Sant’Ana (Residência Oficial do Presidente do Governo Regional dos Açores).
Azores: Must-Visit Destinations
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