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ANGRA, or ANGRA

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 42 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ANC-APO
ANGRA, or ANGRA no HEROISM0 (" Bay of Heroism," a name given it in 1829, to commemorate its successful defence against the Miguelist party), the former
capital
  of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, and
chief
  town of an administrative
district
 , comprising the islands of Terceira. St George and Graciosa. Pop. (1900) 10,788.
Angra
  is built on the
south
 
coast
  of Terceira in 38 38' N. and in 27 13' W. It is the headquarters of a military command, and the residence of a Roman Catholic
bishop
 ; its principal buildings are the
cathedral
 , military college, arsenal and
observatory
 . The harbour, now of little commercial or strategic importance, but formerly a celebrated naval station, is sheltered on the west and
south
 -west by the promontory of Mt. Brazil; but it is inferior to the neighbouring ports of Ponta Delgada and Horta. The foreign trade is nct large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other fruit.
Angra
  served as a
refuge
  for Queen Maria II. of Portugal from 1830 to 1833.


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