Angra do Heroísmo
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| - Country | Portugal | |||||
| - Region | A.R. of Azores | |||||
| - Subregion | A.R. of Azores | |||||
| - District or A.R. | A.R. of Azores | |||||
| Mayor | José Cardoso | |||||
| - Party | PS | |||||
| Area | 239.0 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| - Total | 35,103 | |||||
| - Density | 147/km² | |||||
| No. of parishes | 19 | |||||
| Coordinates | 38º39'N 27º13'W | |||||
| Municipal holiday | Saint John June 24 |
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| Website: http://www.cm-ah.pt | ||||||
| State Party |  Portugal |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv, vi |
| Identification | #206 |
| Regionb | Europe and North America |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1983 7th Session |
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a Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo (pron. IPA: ['ɐ̃gɾɐ du eɾu'iʒmu]) is a small city of some 12300 people and municipality in Terceira Island in the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores.
The municipality has a population of 35,581 and an area of 239.0 km². It is bordered by Praia da Vitória to the east.
The present Mayor is José Pedro Parreira Cardoso, elected by the Socialist Party.
It was classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983.
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[edit] Parishes
The 19 parishes of Angra do Heroísmo are:
- Altares
- Cinco Ribeiras
- Doze Ribeiras
- Feteira
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Angra do Heroísmo)
- Porto Judeu
- Posto Santo
- Raminho
- Ribeirinha
- Santa Bárbara
- Santa Luzia (Angra do Heroísmo)
- São Bartolomeu de Regatos
- São Bento
- São Mateus da Calheta
- São Pedro (Angra do Heroísmo)
- Sé (Angra do Heroísmo)
- Serreta
- Terra Chã
- Vila de São Sebastião
About 70% of the parishes have 1,000 people and 88.71% of the population live in parishes with population over 1,000. About 11.3% of the population live in parishes with less than 1,000 people. The most populated parish is Nossa Senhora da Conceição and least populated is Serreta. The largest parish geographically is Porto Judeu and the smallest is Santa Luzia.
[edit] General info
Angra occupies the south coast of Terceira. 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 Monte Brasil, but it is inferior to the neighbouring ports of Ponta Delgada and Horta. The foreign trade is not 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. It also served as refuge for Almeida Garrett during the Napoleonic Wars.
[edit] Trivia
Angra has a soccer team, named Angrense which is part of the Associação de Futebol de Angra do Heroísmo. It is the only main soccer team in the island. The region's soccer association is located in Angra do Heroísmo.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Is not the only main team of football
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