Azores

Azores

Official name	Autonomous Region of the Azores
Name in local language	Região Autónoma dos Açores (pt)
Continent	Europe
Subcontinent	European Union
Population (ranking: 195^e)	243,862 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth	-0.39 % / year
Area	2,322 km²
Density	105.02 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 175^e)	4.220 billions $USD (2015)
GDP/capita (ranking)	17,398 $USD (2015)
GDP growth	2.00 % / year (2015)
Life expectancy (ranking)	77.45 years (2017)
Birth rate	9.40 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate	1.25 children / woman (2017)
Death rate (ranking)	9.40 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	3.50 ‰ (2014)
Literacy rate	95.68 % (2015)
Official languages	Portuguese
Currency	Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: n.c.)	0.000 / 1 (2017)
EPI (ranking)	0.00 (2018)
Government	Autonomous Region of Portugal
Head of State	President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
National Day	10 June (death of Luís de Camões in 1580)
ISO Codes	,
Demonym	Azorean, Portuguese
Tourists (ranking)	1,487,428 people (2016)

The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago of nine islands located in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,450 km west of Lisbon. It is an autonomous region of Portugal, and an ultraperipheral region of the European Union. Its capital is Ponta Delgada. The marine surface area of the Azores is 954 496 km², making it one of the largest exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the European Union.