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Angra do Heroísmo

Angra do Heroísmo, or simply Angra, is a city and municipality on Island in 's archipelago. The town centre is a well-preserved UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: City with 8,650 residents
  • Description: municipality in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Angra”, “Angra do Heroismo”, and “Angra do Heroísmo Municipality”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Angra do Heroísmo City Hall and Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo.

Town hall
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a medieval structure constructed to house the municipal council/authority, situated in the civil parish of , municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the archipelago of the .

Church
Photo: Rafael Nascimento, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 16th-century cathedral located in the civil parish of , in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of in the archipelago of the .

Library
Photo: Concierge.2C, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace Bettencourt is a former residence of the Bettencourt family, and current seat of the public library and regional archive, in the civil parish, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, in the archipelago of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Mateus da Calheta.

Town
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a civil parish within the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the archipelago of the . The population in 2011 was 3,757, in an area of 5.98 km2.

Angra do Heroísmo

Latitude
38.6593° or 38° 39′ 34″ north
Longitude
-27.2196° or 27° 13′ 10″ west
Population
8,650
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT ADH
Open location code
89CJMQ5J+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25255070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3373348
Wiki­data ID
Q193677
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Angra do Heroísmo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آنغرا دو هروئيسمو”
  • Armenian: “Անգրա դե Էրոիշմա”
  • Asturian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Basque: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Basque: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Belarusian: “Ангра-ду-Эраіжму”
  • Belarusian: “Ангра-ду-Эруіжму”
  • Bengali: “আংরা দু এরুইজমু”
  • Breton: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Burmese: “အန်ဂရာဒို ဟယ်ရိုအစ်စမိုမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Cebuano: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Chechen: “Ангра-ду-Эроишму”
  • Chinese: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Chinese: “英雄港”
  • Croatian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Czech: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Czech: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Danish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Dutch: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Dutch: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Esperanto: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Esperanto: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Finnish: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Finnish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • French: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • French: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • French: “Angra”
  • Galician: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Georgian: “ანგრა-დუ-ეროიჟმუ”
  • German: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • German: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • German: “Stadtzentrum von Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Greek: “Άγκρα ντο Ερόϊσμο”
  • Greek: “Άνγκρα Ντο Εροΐσμο”
  • Greek: “Άνγκρα ντου Εροΐσμου”
  • Gujarati: “આંગ્રા દો હિરોઇસમો”
  • Hebrew: “אנגרה דו אירואיז’מו”
  • Hindi: “आंगरा दो हेरोइसमो”
  • Hungarian: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Hungarian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Ido: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Indonesian: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Irish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Italian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Japanese: “アゾレス諸島のアングラ・ド・エロイズモの町の中心地区”
  • Japanese: “アングラ・ド・エロイズモ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಗ್ರಾ ಡೊ ಹೆರೊಯಿಸ್ಮೋ”
  • Kazakh: “Angra dw Éroïjmw”
  • Kazakh: “Aнгра ду Эроижму”
  • Kazakh: “Aنگرا دۋ ەروىيجمۋ”
  • Kazakh: “Ангра ду Эроижму”
  • Korean: “앙그라두에로이즈무”
  • Latvian: “Angra du Eroižmu”
  • Latvian: “Angra du Eroīžmu”
  • Lithuanian: “Angra do Heroišmas”
  • Lithuanian: “Angra”
  • Lombard: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Malay: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Malayalam: “അൻഗ്ര ഡൊ ഹിറോയിസ്മോ”
  • Maltese: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Maltese: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Marathi: “आंग्रा दो हिरोइस्मो”
  • Mazanderani: “آنگرا دو هروئیسمو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Moksha: “Ангра ду Эроижму”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angra Do Herosimo”
  • Norwegian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Persian: “آنگرا دو هروئیسمو”
  • Persian: “انگرا دو هروئیسمو”
  • Polish: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Polish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Portuguese: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Romanian: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Romanian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Russian: “Ангра-ду-Эроижму”
  • Russian: “Ангра-ду-Эроишму”
  • Scots: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Scots: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Serbian: “Angra do Eroizmo”
  • Serbian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Serbian: “Ангра до Ероизмо”
  • Serbian: “Ангра до Ероисмо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Sinhala: “අන්ග්‍රා දෝ හිරෝයිස්මෝ”
  • Slovak: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Slovenian: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Spanish: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Spanish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Swedish: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Swedish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Tamil: “ஆங்கிற டோ ஹிரோயிசமோ”
  • Tatar: “Ангра-ду-Эроишму”
  • Telugu: “ఆంగ్రా డో హేరిస్మో”
  • Thai: “อังกราดูเอรูวิชมู”
  • Tsonga: “Ribuwa ra tinhenha (Doroba)”
  • Tsonga: “Ribuwa ra tinhenha”
  • Turkish: “Angra do Heroismo”
  • Turkish: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангра-ду-Ероїжму”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангра-ду-Ероїшму”
  • Urdu: “اینگرا دو ہیرواسمو”
  • Vietnamese: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Volapük: “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Angra do Heroísmo”
  • Welsh: “Angra wneud Heroismo”
  • “Angra do Heroísmo”

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