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- Autonomous Region of the Azores
- Territory of Portugal
- own name: Açores
• Flag
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Map
• Numbers and Facts
Flag of the Azores,
Source, by: Flags of the World
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
Map: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
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