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ID: 1049694
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049694
Record Type:
administrative
Angra do Heroísmo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 38 39 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 38.6500
decimal degrees
Long: 027 13 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -27.2167
decimal degrees
Note:
Situated on S shore of Terceira island; resisted invaders from Spain 1580-1582; exports wine, fruit, flax & grain; also produces soap, tobacco products & alcohol; Cidade festival occurs in June.
Names:
Angra do Heroísmo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Angra
(
C
,
V
)
Angra do Heroismo
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Portugal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Açores
(autonomous region) (
P
)
................
Angra do Heroísmo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Portugal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Açores
(autonomous region) (
P
)
................
Terceira, Ilha
(island) (
P
)
....................
Angra do Heroísmo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1464
city (
C
)
............
since 1534
district capital (
C
)
episcopal see (
C
)
port (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of Azores, 1766-1832
Sources and Contributors:
Angra..........
[
VP
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 413
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 28 April 2014
..............
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Angra do Heroísmo..........
[
VP
]
................................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
26
................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 413
................................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accesesd 28 April 2014
................................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Angra do Heroismo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
................................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
13
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
26
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 413
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 28 April 2014
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2158372
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
13
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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