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| | Population - Azores Tourist Guide - Destinazores |
 | | The active population, currently at approximately 100,000 individuals, is divided by economic activity as follows: 22% in the Primary Sector, 26% in the Secondary Sector, and 52% in the Tertiary Sector. |
 | | Representing a small percentage of the economy but still considered to be principal industrial crops cultivated in the Azores the sugar beet, chicory, tea, passion fruit and pineapple, with the exception of the pineapple which is sold fresh, are exported or sold in the local market after being processed in the transformation industry. |
 | | The pineapple (Ananassa Sativus, Lindl.), which is grown in greenhouses on the Island of S.Miguel, concentrated in the Municipalities of Ponta Delgada, Lagoa, Vila Franca, along the southern coast came originally from South America. |
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