ANGRA DOS REIS


Meaning of ANGRA DOS REIS in English

city, southwestern Rio de Janeiro estado (state), eastern Brazil. It lies on Ilha Grande Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic. The city's income derives from its port operations, a sizable fishing industry, and the cultivation of bananas in the agricultural hinterland. A railway running from Barra Mansa transports sugar, coffee, feijo (beans), steel, and coal to Angra dos Reis for export. Since the development of the city of Volta Redonda, 35 miles (56 km) inland, with its huge steel-mill complex, the shipbuilding and port facilities of Angra dos Reis have gained added importance. A nuclear power plant has also been built near Angra dos Reis. The city is on the Rio de JaneiroSantos highway. Surviving colonial buildings include the 17th-century Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Pop. (1991 prelim.) 28,515.

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