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	BLUE AZORES - Sailing, Island Hopping and Whale Watching
		Welcome to the Azores, the half-forgotten Islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
		Islandhopping on the Azores is very pleasant sailing.
		Whalehunting from small wooden sailing boats has a long tradition on the Azores due to the great variety of whales around the islands.Commercial whalehunting ended in 1966, however, you can still find the traditional whaling boats around the islands, now used for leisure.
	www.blueazores.com (0 words)

	Encyclopedia: Calheta (Azores) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Norte Pequeno is a parish in the district of Calheta (Azores) in the Azores.
		Ribeira Seca is a parish in the district of Calheta in the Azores.
		Santo AntÃ£o is a parish in the district of Calheta in the Azores.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Calheta-%28Azores%29 (976 words)

	Calheta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calheta, a parish and a district of the Azores
		Calheta, a parish and a district of Madeira
		Estreito da Calheta, a parish in the municipality of Calheta (Madeira)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calheta (156 words)

	Encyclopedia: Azores (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horta is a port town on the island of Faial in the Azores.
		The Azores are actually the tops of some of the tallest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean.
		The Azores (or Açores in Portuguese) are a group of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Azores (1324 words)

	Azores (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The little-visited Azores - jewels in the mid-Atlantic.
		The Azores (or Açores in Portuguese) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.
		The Azores is a Portuguese Autonomous Region since 1976, the executive section of the autonomy is located in Ponta Delgada, the legislative in Horta and the judicial in Angra do Heroísmo.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Azores (977 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vila da Calheta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Calheta Calheta is a municipality in central the part of the Azores.
		Vila da Calheta Vila da Calheta is the official assignment, for statistical and administrative purposes (in view of preventing confusions with the situated village in the Azores), the village and the headquarters of the parish fo Calheta in Madeira.
		Calhetas Calhetas is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vila-da-Calheta (234 words)

	Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Borba ] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sao Lazaro Parish, Norte Pequeno, Ilha Sao Jorge, Azores.
		São Lazaro Parish, Norte Pequeno, Ilha São Jorge, Azores.
		1776 in Parish of Sao Lazaro, Norte Pequeno, Azores.
	boards.ancestry.com /mbexec/message/an/surnames.Borba/5 (1739 words)

	AZORES express
		The capital of the Azores, São Miguel is called the "Green Island." Its long coastline is dotted with beaches, seaside villages, and mountain cliffs.
		Azores Express also offers two, four-hour flights every week to the Azores in the winter and spring (with connecting service to Lisbon and Madeira).
		The Azores are islands of nature, calm, and discovery in the middle of the Atlantic.
	www.azores-express.com /islands.aspx (2544 words)

	Azores Island of Sao Jorge information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The men and women of São Jorge therefore repeat old songs and dances that are common to the folklore of the Azores, such as the Chamarrita, Sapateia, São Macaio and Pézinho and fill the air with the happy tunes of the nearly twenty bands that exist on the island.
		Even in the Azores there are local versions of the guitar that are reflected, for example, in the opening in the sound box, which is circular in Terceira and São Jorge and composed of two adjoining hearts in São Miguel and Santa Maria, and in the number of strings which can be twelve or sixteen.
		An instrument used in festivals and pilgrimages and closely connected with the life style of the people of the Azores, the guitar or viola de arame is a must in all the rich and varied folk music of the islands.
	www.azores.com /azores/sjorge.asp (2023 words)

	Calheta, Madeira Islands - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Calheta has a few schools, a few lyceums, a gymnasium, banks, a post office, a small port, beaches and squares or plazas (praças).
		For statistical and administrative reasons, it is recognized as Vila da Calheta to avoid confusion with another Calheta in the Azores Islands.
		Calheta, Madeira Islands, Settlements and geographic areas, Parish of Calheta, Nearest parishes (parish), External links, Madeira Islands and Towns in Portugal.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Calheta_%28Madeira%29 (301 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Azores (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Most, however, insist that the name is derived from birds, pointing to a local subspecies of the buzzard (Buteo buteo), as the animal the first explorers erroneously identified as goshawks.
		In 1583, Philip II of Spain as king of Portugal, sent his combined Iberian fleet to clear the French traders from the Azores, decisively hanging his prisoners-of-war from the yardarms and contributing to the "Black Legend".
		In 1976 the Azores became an Autonomous Region (RegiÃ£o AutÃ³noma dos AÃ§ores) and the Azorean districts were suppressed.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Azores (1043 words)

	Azores (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Azores''' (Portuguese languagePortuguese: '''''Açores'') are an archipelago of PortugalPortuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America/.
		The Azores are actually the tops of the tallest mountains on the planet as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean.
		The Azores had a population of 238,767 in 31 December 2002 and a population density of 106 persons/square kilometrekm²/.
	www.infothis.com /find/Azores (1392 words)

	General information about Azores
		As a result, during the hunting season of 1998/99, hunting was forbidden in various islands of the Azores.
		In the Azores you may encounter sellers of objects in whale bone and ivory (without a registration number), dolphin tooth, turtle shells, shark tooth.
		The Azores is a part of Portugal and the currency is Euro as well.
	www.azores.dk /Egenerelt.htm (2823 words)

	Casa Mauro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The house stands alone in a 1.000 square meter property and is framed by wine fields or small fields of vegetable cultivation.
		The sea view and the view to the village Calheta de Nesquim are remarkable.
		Calheta de Nesquim lies on the south side of the Azores island Pico.
	www.whallop.co.uk /azores__casa_mauro.htm (721 words)

	azores information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Azores (or Açores in Portuguese) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of NorthAmerica.
		The Azores is a Portuguese Autonomous Region since 1976, the executive section of the autonomy is located in Ponta Delgada,the legislative in Horta and the judicial in Angra do heroísmo.
		The Azores had a population of 238,767 in 31 December 2002 and a population density of106 persons/ km².
	www.vsearchmedia.com /azores.html (652 words)

	Birding Azores - Main Page
		The population is about fifteen thousand with most people living in small villages scattered around the cost, with the main municipalities, or towns, at Madalena in the west, Lajes do Pico in the south, and S. Roque do Pico on the northern coast.
		Pico is considered the youngest island in the Azores because of its many young lava flows.
		The tidal pool area at Lajes do Pico (part of the small town to the right) with the peak Ponta do Pico (2351 m) in the background.
	azores.seawatching.net /index.php?page=pico (0 words)

	Information Design Summer Academy Bozen/Bolzano 2005
		Calheta de Sao Miguel is located on Santiago (991 square kilometres), the largest of the ten major Cabo Verde islands.
		Presently the Friendship Association Calheta - Deutsch Wagram sponsors 9 children, paying for the school fees and transportation as well as for part of the school materials, but since the sponsoring of individuals is problematic, development work will shift to other aspects in the future.
		The seat of the district administration is in Calheta, a district town with village character.
	www.iiid-summeracademy.net /BackgroundInfo.aspx (2348 words)

	RootsWeb: AZORES-L [AZORES-L] Medeiros from Calheta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, visiting my husband's granduncle Tony in a hospital a couple of weeks ago has yielded me some new info, which is corroborated by the National Archives.
		I have Antonio Medeiros, born 25 dec 1858 in Calhita, Azores, arrive into NY on 24 aug 1900.
		Re: [AZORES-L] Medeiros from Calheta by "Rick Mendosa" < >
	newsarch.rootsweb.com /th/read/AZORES/2000-09/0970162448 (109 words)

	Calheta, Portugal Cheap Hotels Motels - hotel and motel rooms and reservations available in Calheta, Portugal
		Calheta, Portugal is a great place to stay in a hotel or rent a car.
		Portugal is around the size of Scotland with twice the population and has tremendous variety both geographically and in its ways of life and traditions.
		Along the coast around Lisbon, and on the well-developed Algarve in the south, there are highly sophisticated resorts, while the vibrant capital Lisbon has enough going on to please most city.....
	www.eztrip.com /Azores/Calheta/CALHETA_PT_INTL.html (371 words)

	Portugal Travel Guide
		A significant town on Madeira's south-western shoreline, Calheta is the island's main centre of banana plantations, vineyards and sugar-cane production.
		Dating back to 1430, Calheta's parish church is most notable for its complex Moorish-style wooden ceiling and a large ebony and silver tabernacle donated by King Manuel I. Nearby.
		At Loreto, 2 km east of Calheta, the 15th-century chapel has a Manueline south portal and fine geometrically-patterned ceiling.
	www.portugaltravelguide.com /en/calheta.htm (145 words)

	Azores, Portugal Cheap Hotels Motels - hotel and motel rooms and reservations available in Azores, Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Azores, Portugal is a great place to stay in a hotel or rent a car.
		Whether you're traveling for a family vacation or a corporate business trip our Azores, Portugal travel information will help you find a hotel that matches your needs and offers you the lowest rates available on the internet.
		Click on a hotel or motel name from the list of hotels and motels available in Azores, Portugal to find hotel and motel reservations that are available at this location.
	www.eztrip.com /Calheta/Azores/AZORES_PT_INTL.html (372 words)

	Subdivisions of Azores (Portugal) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The hawk holding a quina in municipal heraldry stand for the Azores — these charges appear in nearly all the azorean municipal coats of arms.
		The natural divisions of the Azores are the three island groups and the islands themselves.
		São Jorge (municipalities: Velas and Calheta (São Jorge))
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/pt-a-.html (387 words)

	Madeira Islands Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ 209.197.89.145 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The archipelago lies about 360 miles from the coast of Africa, 535 miles from Lisbon, 240 from Tenerife, and 480 from Santa Maria, the nearest of the Azores.
		Madeira Island is the largest island of the group with 741 km², has a length of 30 geographical miles (57 km), an extreme breadth of 13 miles (22 km), and a coastline of 80 or 90 miles.
		This continued until 1928, when a series for Madeira was issued; but this was the last to be produced until 1980 (stamps of Portugal having been valid in Madeira since 1898), when Portugal began issuing stamps inscribed "Portugal Madeira" that were valid in both Madeira and Continental Portugal, similar to those issued for the Azores.
	209.197.89.145 /encyclopedia/Madeira_Islands (1565 words)

	São Jorge - Portuguese Genealogist Master List
		Her father was remarried in the time she was in the Azores, possibly to an Irish woman.
		On 01/07/1886, Maricianna married José Quientano Mancebo, born in 1885 in the Azores.
		Angela Agueda was born of Francisco Azevedo and Maria de Silva Azevedo, she had 3 sisters and 3 brothers, one of whom died in the 60's during the war in Angola.
	www.dholmes.com /master-list/azores/sjorge.html (5696 words)

	Villa Roses (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The house was reconditioned in 2004 and is divided into: kitchen, living room, dining-room, 5 bedrooms, corridor and 2 bathrooms.
		'Casa de Monte' lies above the pictorial fishing village 'Calheta de Nesquim' on the south side of the Azores island Pico.
		The sea view and the view over the small village of Calheta de Nesquim.
	www.whallop.co.uk /Casa_De_Monte.htm (790 words)

	History - Azores Tourist Guide - Destinazores
		In 1510 Calheta became the seat of the municipality and in 1534 Topo and was also elevated to municipal seat.
		Corvo, known in the past as “Insula Corvi Marini”, is the smallest island with a surface face area of 17 km2 and survives, even today, through farming.
		American whalers in the Azores at the end of the 18th and 19th centuries used many crewmen from Corvo.
	www.destinazores.com /history.php (2222 words)

	Broad Gauge on Azores
		Just outside the port of Ponto Delgada on the main island San Miguel there is a broad gauge cement mixer-type truck on a short length of broad gauge track.
		What we now need to do is try and persuade the Port Authority to put some more photos onto the web, and also to encourage the Authority to put them on display somewhere where tourists might see them, and also suggest to them that restoration to working order would be a good idea.
		In the late 1960s Ponto Delgada came to hear the whistle of the locomotives again, this time for the works to extend the pier of the port.
	chrisbrady.itgo.com /azores/broad.htm (978 words)

	biology - Azores
		Most insist that the name is derived from birds but point out a local subspecies of the buzzard (Buteo buteo) as the animal the first explorers erroneously identified as goshawks.
		The colonization of the islands started in 1439 with people mainly from the continental provinces of Algarve and Alentejo, in the following centuries settlers from other European countries arrived.
		In 1976 the Azores became an Autonomous Region (Região Autónoma dos Açores) and the Azorean districts (Angra, Horta, Ponta Delgada) were suppressed.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Azores (966 words)

	Portugal Azores Reis - Find it on Coins-n-More.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PortugalThe Azores and Madeira Islands are formally part of Portugal.denomination coin on April 4, 1722, with 1 Dobra equal to 2 Moeda, 4 Escudos or 12 800 Reis.
		Azores1 Mar 1504 Donatría of Flores and Corvo re-established.
		Azores : Jewish Sites in the Azores had two moments " said the director of the municipal department of culture and history on the island of Terceira, Francisco dos Reis Maduro Dias
	www.coins-n-more.com /portugal/azores-reis/d20h45157.html (421 words)

	Picoazores.com - English Version - Lajes do Pico Village and parish
		This building also accommodates the printing-office of the periodical "O Dever", one of the oldest in Azores.
		The capital of the municipality of Lajes do Pico is the city with the same name, which includes Matriz da Santíssima Trindade parish.
		In Matos Souto park, near Piedade parish, covered in rare tree species, is the head-office of the Nature Conservation Services of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
	www.picoazores.com /english/pico_island/parish/lajes_concelho.php (777 words)

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