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Azores

 

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Flag

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Map

Numbers and Facts



Flag

Flagge Fahne flag Azoren Açores Azores
Flag of the Azores,
Source, by: Flags of the World



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of the Azores consits in two vertical stripes in blue an white. The reason may be in this that the followers of queen Maria adoped on 18th of October in 1830 on the Azores a blue-white flag which get later the new national flag of Portugal, until 1911. The Azores are named hawk-islands, too, because of this the bird-depiction is a hawk. The nine stars are standing for the nine islands constituting the Azores. The portugese coat of arms in the upper canton shows the political affiliation.

Source: Volker Preuß

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Map

Landkarte map Azoren Azores Açores
Map: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 908 square miles

Inhabitants: 245.766 (2015)

Density of Population: 271 inh./sq.mi.

Subdivision: 3 Districts

Capital: Ponta Delgada, 68.808 inh. (2011)

official Language: Portugese

Currency: look Portugal

Time Zone: GMT – 1 h

Geschichte: 1431 rediscovered and settled by Portugese

Source: Wikipedia (D), Discovery '97

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