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ISLANDS

AREA

POPULATION

CAPITAL

LOCATION

OTHER

AZORES

868 sq' miles

260,000

Ponta Delgada

745 miles west of Lisbon

Portuguese since the 15th century

BERMUDA

20 sq' miles

62,000

Hamilton

570 miles east of Cape Hatteras in the USA

Britain's oldest colony

CANARY ISLANDS

2,807 sq' miles

1.7 million

Las Palmas

Santa Cruz

62 miles off the coast of Northwest Africa

Spanish since 1479

CAPE VERDE

1,556 sq' miles

384,000

Praia on Sao Tiago island

350 miles west of Dakar in West Africa

Independent since 1975, Portuguese is still the official language

FALKLAND ISLANDS

4,699 sq' miles

2,000

Stanley

310 miles east of the Strait of Magellan in South America

British dependency claimed by Argentina

GREENLAND

838,999 sq' miles

57,000

Godthaab

Geograhically part of North America

Self-governing division of Danmark

MADEIRA

314 sq' miles

280,000

Funchal

350 miles west of the coast of Morocco

Autonomous region of Portugal

St. HELENA

47 sq' miles

7,000

Jamestown

1,240 west of Africa

British dependency

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

372 sq' miles

124,000

Sao Tome

186 miles west of Gabon

Portuguese since 1522, independent since 1975

TRISTAN DA CUNHA

40 sq' miles

330

Cunha

South Atlantic Ocean

British dependency