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Autonomous Region of the Azores
Região Autónoma dos Açores
Timeline: A United Kingdom of Scandinavia

OTL equivalent: Azores
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto
Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos
("Rather die as free men than be enslaved in peace")
Anthem "Hymn of the Azores"
Capital Ponta Delgada (executive)
Horta (legislative)
Angra do Heroísmo (judicial)
Largest city Ponta Delgada
Other cities Ribeira Grande, Lagoa and Praia da Vitória
Language
  official
 
Portuguese
  others Mirandese
Religion Roman Catholic Church (predominant)
Demonym Azorean
Government Autonomous region of Portugal
Monarch Edward III
  Royal house: Bragança
Prime Minister Vasco Cordeiro (PS)
Area 2333 km²
Population 245,746 
Currency Portuguese escudo ($)
Internet TLD .pt
Organizations UN, EU, NATO, OECD and CPLC

The Azores (Portuguese: Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about 1360 km west of continental Portugal, about 880 km northwest of Madeira, about 1925 km southeast of Newfoundland, about 4121 km east of New York City and about 6392 km northeast of Brazil. Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming (for cheese and butter products primarily), livestock ranching, fishing, and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region. In addition, the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The main settlement of the Azores is Ponta Delgada.

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