Lajes
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Lajes is a civil parish on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its proximity to Lajes Air Base and its strategic mid-Atlantic location.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil parish
ⓘ
freguesia ⓘ |
| belongsToArchipelago | Azores Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToIslandGroup | Central Group of the Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
mild maritime climate
ⓘ
oceanic climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| electoralDistrict | Azores constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Junta de Freguesia de Lajes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Portuguese Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMaritimeContext | North Atlantic shipping routes ⓘ |
| hasNearby |
Atlantic coastline of Terceira
ⓘ
Lajes Air Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
Portuguese Air Force installation at Lajes Air Base
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States military presence at Lajes Air Base ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | civil parish of Portugal ⓘ |
| hasParishStatusIn | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicRole |
NATO operations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mid-Atlantic refueling point ⓘ transatlantic aviation ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructureNearby | military air base ⓘ |
| hasType | settlement ⓘ |
| isCoastal | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
proximity to Lajes Air Base
ⓘ
strategic mid-Atlantic location ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Portuguese law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | municipality of Praia da Vitória NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| partOf |
Autonomous Region of the Azores
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Praia da Vitória NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCountryCode | PT ⓘ |
| regionalCapital | Ponta Delgada (for the Azores region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalGovernment | Government of the Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
aeronautical
ⓘ
geopolitical ⓘ military ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | parish ⓘ |
| timeZone | Azores Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Azores Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Euro ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.