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〕 | iso_code = PT | iso_subcode = 20 | code = .pt | code_type = ccTLD | code1 = dd-mm-yyyy | code1_type = Date format | code2 = right-side | code2_type = Drive | free_type = Demonym | free = Azorean | free1_type = Patron Saint | free1 = Espírito Santo | free2_type = Holiday | free2 = 51st day (Monday) following Easter (Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores) | free3_type = Anthem | free3 = (national) (regional) | free4 = Euro (€)〔Until 2002, the Portuguese escudo was used in financial transactions, and until 1910 the Portuguese real was the currency used by the monarchy of Portugal.〕 | free4_type = Currency | free5_type = GDP (nominal) | free5 = 2010 estimate | free6 = € 3.728 billion〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=AICEP )〕 | free6_type = - Total | free7 = € 15,200〔 | free7_type = - Per capita | map = Locator map of Azores in EU.svg | map1 = Azoren blank map.PNG | map_caption = Location of the Azores relative to Portugal (green) and the rest of the European Union (dark blue) | map1_caption = Distribution of the islands of the archipelago | map_background = | map_locator = | map_locator_x = | map_locator_y = | commons = Azores | statistics = Instituto Nacional de Estatística | website = (www.azores.gov.pt ) | footnotes = Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) }} The Azores ( , ; (ポルトガル語:Açores), (:ɐˈsoɾɨʃ)), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores ('), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about northwest of Madeira, about southeast of Newfoundland, and about northeast of Brazil. Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming (for cheese and butter products primarily), livestock ranching, fishing, and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region. In addition to this, the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in many aspects of 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 . The Azores are actually some of the tallest mountains on the planet, measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean to their peaks, which thrust high above the surface of the Atlantic. The climate of the Azores is very mild for such a northerly location, being influenced by its distance to continents and the passing Gulf Stream. Because of the marine influence, temperatures never get hot or cold, but remain mild year-round. Daytime temperatures normally fluctuate between and depending on season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ponta Delgada Climate Normals 1981-2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Angra do Heroísmo Climate Normals 1981-2010 )〕 Temperatures above or below are unknown in the major population centres. It is also generally wet and cloudy. Because these once-uninhabited and remote islands were settled sporadically over a span of two centuries, their culture, dialect, cuisine, and traditions vary considerably. ==History== (詳細はHypogea, earthen structures carved into rocks that were used for burials, have been identified on the islands of Corvo, Santa Maria and Terceira by Portuguese archaeologist Nuno Ribeiro and speculations were published that they might date back 2000 years, alluding to a human presence on the island before the Portuguese. However, these kinds of structures have always been used in the Azores to store cereals, and suggestions by Ribeiro that they might be burial sites are unconfirmed. Detailed examination and dating to authenticate the validity of these speculations is lacking. So far, it is unclear whether these structures are natural or man-made and whether they predate the 15th-century Portuguese colonization of the Azores. Solid confirmation of a pre-Portuguese human presence in the archipelago has not yet been published. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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