The islands contain a population of about 200,000, almost entirely Portuguese.
From 1942 until 1943 the island contained an Italian concentration camp.
The main island contains 550 houses, 30% of which are residential.
The island is mostly covered in forests and contains a number of oil wells.
The island also contains a waterfall that leads into the lake.
The island contains several restaurants that are accessible by boat.
The island contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s.
This island contains the ruins of an early Christian chapel.
The island also contains a small salt pond in its centre.
I would have even tried pottery, but the island contained no clay.