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Encyclopedia Britannica



TERCEIRA

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 637 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
TERCEIRA , an
island
  in the
Atlantic
  Ocean, belonging to Portugal, and forming
part
  of the Azores archipelago. Pop. (1900) 48,770; area, 224 sq. m. Terceira, i.e. " the third," was so called as being the third
island
  of the archipelago to be discovered by the Portuguese. From its central position it was
long
  the seat of administration, but its
capital
 ,
Angra
  (q.v.) or
Angra
  do Heroismo (pop. 10,788), has lost much of its commercial importance. The other
chief
  towns are Ribeirinha (3090), and Praia da Victoria (3236). Unlike the neighbouring islands, Terceira exhibits few extensive traces of volcanic action; and the summits of its mountains are generally level. It abounds in
grain
  and cattle; but the wines are inferior, and fruits are raised merely for internal
consumption
 . (See also AzoREs.)


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