<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website: www.azores.gov.pt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Azores (/ əˈzɔːrz / ə - ZORZ or / ˈeɪzɔːrz / AY - zorz; Portuguese: Açores, (ɐˈsoɾɨʃ)), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal . It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about 1,360 km (850 mi) west of continental Portugal, about 1,643 km (1,021 mi) west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about 1,507 km (936 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,925 km (1,196 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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