Faial / Ilha do Faial
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Faial, the most westerly island in the central group of the Azores, gets its name from a beech- like shrub, myrica faya, which grows all over the island. Faial is separated from the neighboring island of Pico to the southeast by the 7km/4.25mi wide Canal de Sao Jorge.
The 16,000 inhabitants live by arable and livestock farming; Faial's centuries old whaling industry has ceased to be profitable.
In the early years of this Century the island was important as a station for several transatlantic cables but this has ceased with the advent of satellites. Faial has frequently been devastated by earthquakes, as in 1759/60, 1862, 1926, 1958 and most recently on New Year's Day 1980.
The Nuremberg cosmographer Martin
The 16,000 inhabitants live by arable and livestock farming; Faial's centuries old whaling industry has ceased to be profitable.
In the early years of this Century the island was important as a station for several transatlantic cables but this has ceased with the advent of satellites. Faial has frequently been devastated by earthquakes, as in 1759/60, 1862, 1926, 1958 and most recently on New Year's Day 1980.
The Nuremberg cosmographer Martin
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