The Azores ( or ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about from the African coast, and about southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. 

Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming, livestock, 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. 

There are nine major Azorean islands and an islet cluster, in three main groups. These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east. They extend for more than and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. 

All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled. Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at . If measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean to their peaks, which thrust high above the surface of the Atlantic, the Azores are actually some of the tallest mountains on the planet.
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the Autonomous Region of the Azores
The Azores ( or ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores
in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about from the African coast, and about southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about from the African coast, and about southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. 
Portugal
The Azores ( or ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal,
nine major islands
There are nine major Azorean islands and an islet cluster, in three main groups. 
Azorean
There are nine major Azorean islands
the government of the Azores
the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population
in the service and tertiary sectors
 the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors.
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in three main groups.
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These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east. They extend for more than and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. 
Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east
These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east. They extend for more than and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. 
Mount Pico
Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal
on the island of Pico
Mount Pico, on the island of Pico,
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All the islands have volcanic origins,
no
All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled.
when the islands were settled
All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled.
the Atlantic
 If measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean to their peaks, which thrust high above the surface of the Atlantic,
Ponta Delgada
The main settlement of the Azores is Ponta Delgada. 
yes
ts main industries are agriculture, dairy farming, 
dairy farming
Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming,
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Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming, livestock, fishing, and tourism