Kutholakala phakathi kweNyakatho Melika nePortugal, maphakathi noLwandlekazi i-Atlantic, iziqhingi eziyisishiyagalolunye ezakha i- Iziqhingi zase-Azores. Abahloli bamazwe bokuqala basePortugal bathola lezi ziqhingi ekuqaleni kwawo-1400s, futhi bahlala beyingxenye yePortugal namuhla.
Lezi ziqhingi ziqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-950 ukusuka eLisbon, inhloko-dolobha yasePortugal. Ama-Azores akhiwa ngezintaba-mlilo, futhi ngenxa yalokhu, anezindawo ezimangelengele kakhulu. Ngokungafani namanye amabhishi esihlabathi esimhlophe umuntu angawathola emhlabeni wonke, isihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle lweziqhingi i-Azores simnyama futhi sijiyile kancane, njengoba ekuqaleni sasivela etsheni lentaba-mlilo.
Yize zonke iziqhingi zivela ezintabeni-mlilo, ezinye sekunesikhathi zingenawo umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo, kanti ezinye iziqhingi zisabhekene nazo.
Kuneziqhingi eziyisishiyagalolunye eziyinhloko e-Azores, kodwa zihluke kakhulu komunye nomunye. Ngezinhloso zikahulumeni, bahlukaniswe baba ngamaqembu amathathu: elasempumalanga, enkabeni nelamaqembu asentshonalanga.
I-Azores - Iqembu laseNtshonalanga
Iqembu laseNtshonalanga lineziqhingi zaseFlores naseCorvo. Lezi yiziqhingi ezincane kunazo zonke eziqhingini zasendulo kanye nezintaba-mlilo. I-Flores yaziwa ngezimbali zayo eziningi nezinhle, kanye nezimpophoma zayo eziningi. ICorvo incane kunazo zonke iziqhingi, futhi iningi labantu lihlala edolobheni laseVila Nova do Corvo. Leli dolobha laziwa njengedolobha elincane kunazo zonke eYurophu.
I-Azores - Iqembu laseMpumalanga
Iqembu elisempumalanga ye-Azores Islands lifaka iziqhingi zaseSao Miguel, iSanta María, kanye ne-Islets Formigas (iziqhingi ezincane kakhulu ukuthi zingakhonjiswa ebalazweni, futhi zisetshenziswa njengeziqiwu zemvelo, yize zingekho izitshalo noma izilwane kuzo, kuphela izinyoni nezilwane zasemanzini).
I-Isla Sao Miguel, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Isla Verde, iyona enkulu kunazo zonke e-Azores, futhi inabantu abaningi kakhulu. Inamadolobha amaningi asogwini, kanye namabhishi. Kunemisebenzi eminingi ejabulisayo ongabamba iqhaza kuyo kulesi siqhingi, kufaka phakathi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, ukubuka imikhomo, ukuhamba izintaba nokugibela amahhashi ukubala okumbalwa. Idolobha elikhulu kunazo zonke kulesi siqhingi yiPonta Delgada, eyinhloko-dolobha yeziQhingi ze-Azores.
Isiqhingi sokugcina kweziyisishiyagalolunye yiSanta María, okuyisona siqhingi esiseduze kakhulu neYurophu. Lesi siqhingi sinesimo sezulu esifudumele kunazo zonke kweziyisishiyagalolunye, kanye namabhishi amahle kakhulu kuzo zonke iziqhingi. IPraia Formosa, elinye lamabhishi akulesi siqhingi, ibhishi elincanyana elisethekwini, elaziwa nge "Mare de Agosto", umkhosi ogujwa nabaculi abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba.