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Açores
| Location |
N Atlantic Ocean, W of Portugal |
| Latitude and longitude |
38 00 N, 28 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
Portugal |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Autonomous Region of the
Açores"; one of the seven Ultra Peripheral Regions of the European
Union |
| Population |
245,500 |
| Census notes |
December 31,1999 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
2,333 |
| Capital |
Ponta Delgada |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| As Regiões Autónomas na Constituição da República
Portuguesa (Portuguese)(Articles 225 to 234 of the Portuguese
Constitution, on the autonomous regions), from La Universidad Carlos III
de Madrid |
| Constitution
of the Republic of Portugal (4th revision, 1997) (Articles 225
to 234 on the autonomous regions) (seems to open faster with Internet
Explorer) |
| Estatuto
Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Lei
n.º 9/87 de 26 de Março, alterada pela Lei n.º 61/98 de 27 de Agosto)
(Portuguese) (PDF), from the Assembleia Legislativa Regional |
|
Decreto Regulamentar Regional n.º 19/2006/A
de 5 de Junho, Altera a estrutura orgânica do IX Governo Regional dos Açores(Portuguese),
from the Presidência do Governo Regional |
Other legal documents online
|
|
Jornal Oficial da
Região Autónoma dos Açores (Portuguese)
|
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Assembleia
Legislativa Regional (Portuguese) |
| Azorean
Board of Tourism |
| The Eurisles
information system database: under Portugal, first select
Açores and, if desired, a particular island within the
jurisdiction; then, under "domain", select the particular type
of information sought and, under "variable", a particular
subcategory of information |
| Instituto
Nacional de Estatística, Portugal—this is a complicated site
to navigate: First, on the left-hand menu, choose "English
version" (unless you prefer Portuguese). Next, on the menu bar at
the top of the page, click "Products and Services" (or the
Portuguese equivalent). On the resulting drop-down menu, choose
"Statistical Data", then "General Statistical Data".
On the page that results, choose the first page listed, "Territory
and Environment – General Data" for statistical information on
the Açores. |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Portugal's autonomous islands: the Azores and Madeira,
in The Working Autonomies in Europe: Territorial autonomy as a Means of
Minority Protection and Conflict Solution in the European Experience -
An Overview and Schematic Comparison, by Thomas Benedikter (2006)
(scroll to 2.6) |
| Statut
de la Région Autonome des Açores (French), by Carlos Cesar,
Presidente do Governo, Região Autónoma dos Açores, in Jean-Didier
Hache (editor), What
Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles
d'Europe?) (2000); an abstract
in English (Status of the Autonomous Region of the Azores)
is available |
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