Azores

or Western Islands, a Portuguese archipelago, in the mid- Atlantic, between long., stretching over a distance of 400 miles. The total area of the group is 919 a square miles, and the pop. (1890) 255,594. The coast is generally steep and rugged; the interior abounds in ravines and mountains. Perhaps the greatest want of the group is a good harbor. The Azores are regarded as a province, not a colony, of Portugal.