Angra do Heroísmo

Angra do Heroísmo
Flag of Angra do Heroísmo
Municipal flag
Coat of arms of Angra do Heroísmo
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Angra do Heroísmo
Location  
 - Country Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
 - Region A.R. of Azores
 - Subregion A.R. of Azores
 - District or A.R. A.R. of Azores
Mayor Andreia Martins Cardoso da Costa
 - 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
Website: http://www.cm-ah.pt
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Type Cultural
Criteria iv, vi
Reference 206
Region** Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1983  (7th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
** Region as classified by UNESCO.

Angra, or Angra do Heroísmo (pron. IPA['ɐ̃gɾɐ du eɾu'iʒmu]) is a city of some 21,300 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 Andreia Martins Cardoso da Costa, elected by the Socialist Party.

It was classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983.

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Parishes

Angra do Heroísmo

The 19 parishes of Angra do Heroísmo are:

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.

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 beef meat, dairy products and some fish. Angra was claimed to have been founded by Álvaro Martins, who sailed with Didrik Pining on his expedition to the New world and Bartolomeu Dias on his voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. 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.

Notable natural landmarks

Notable buildings

Trivia

Ilha Terceira, Jan Huygen van Linschoten: Angra, Como e Monte Brasil

Angra has a soccer team, named Angrense which is part of the Associação de Futebol de Angra do Heroísmo. Sport Clube Lusitânia is the main soccer team in the island. The region's soccer association is located in Angra do Heroísmo.

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Is not the only main team of football

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