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ANGRA, or ANGRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 42 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANGRA, or ANGRA  no HEROISM0 ("
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Bay of Heroism," a name given it in 1829, to commemorate its successful defence against the Miguelist party), the former capital of the Portuguese
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archipelago of the Azores, and chief
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town of an administrative
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district, comprising the islands of
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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
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Roman Catholic bishop; its
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principal buildings are the
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cathedral, military college,
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arsenal and
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observatory . The harbour, now of little commercial or strategic importance, but formerly a celebrated
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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
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Horta . The
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foreign trade is nct large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other fruit . Angra served as a
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refuge for Queen Maria II. of
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Portugal from 1830 to 1833 .

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