Velas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvɛlɐʃ] ) is a municipality in the São Jorge Island, in the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores. The municipality...

Look up Vela or vela in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vela or Velas may refer to: Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails)...

municipality of Velas in the Azores. The airport is on the edge of Fajã da Queimada, along the southern coast, situated 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Velas and 28 km...

up velas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Velas may refer to: Velas, Azores, Portugal Velas, Maharashtra, India Cabo Velas, Costa Rica Sara Velas, American...

the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The largest city of the Azores is Ponta...

1483. By 1500, the settlement of Velas was elevated from villa to municipality (giving rise to the supposition that Velas was the first center on the island)...

Velas (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Velas. de Sousa, João Duarte (1992). Afonso, João (ed.). Reminiscências velenses (Na Vila das Velas do...

Veiga de Lila Vilarandelo Manadas Norte Grande Rosais Santo Amaro Urzelina Velas Landeira Vendas Novas Aguiar Alcáçovas Viana do Alentejo Afife Alvarães...

notable natural disasters that have affected the Azores: Around 1432: First recorded famine in the Azores. 1439–1444 (undocumented): Volcanic eruption on...

Santo Amaro is a parish in the district of Velas in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 862, in an area of 22.53 km². It contains the localities Areias...