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| | Azores - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | The south-eastern group consists of St Michael's (Sao Miguel) and St Mary (Santa Maria), with Formigas; the central, of Fayal (Faial), Pico, St George (Sao Jorge), Terceira and Graciosa; the north-western, of Flores and Corvo. |
 | | A large proportion of the poorer classes, especially among the older men and women, are totally illiterate, but education tends to spread more rapidly than in Portugal itself, owing to the custom of sending children to the United States, where they are taught in the state schools. |
 | | Fayal is connected with Waterville, in Ireland, by a cable laid in 1901. |
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