Angra do Heroísmo

Angra do Heroísmo (that could be translated as "bay of heroes"), is an azorean city, capital of the island Terceira. It used to be the head of the district of Angra do Heroísmo, before the Azores became an Autonomous Region and the azorean districts where supressed. The municipality has 237,5 sq. km and over 35 500 inhabitants in 19 communes. Its economy is varied, with tourism, services, agriculture and food industries as the main activities.

From 1938 to 1978, the archipelago was divided into three districts, quite equivalent (except in area) to those in the portuguese mainland. The division was quite arbitrary, and didn't follow the natural island groups, rather reflecting the location of each district capital on the three main cities (neither of each on the western group).