Angra dos Reis

Angra dos Reis is a city located in the southwest of Rio de Janeiro state, in Brazil. It is situated 151km from the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous for its coastline with exact 365 islands, one of them being Ilha Grande. Brazil's only operational nuclear power station (the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto) is located here.

Municipal boundaries are with:

North: Bananal and São José do Barreiro
Northeast: Rio Claro
East: Mangaratiba
West: Parati
South: Atlantic Ocean

1 Economy
2 Meaning of the name
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Economy

The most important economic activities are commerce, fishing, industry, services and tourism. The port has an oil terminal as well as shipbuilding (Keppel Fels, former Verolme). Brazil's only nuclear power stations, Angra I and Angra II are located nearby. They employ 3,000 people, and generate another 10,000 indirect jobs in Rio de Janeiro State. Tourism is highly developed with countless beaches, islands and pristine waters perfect for swimming or scuba diving.

There is a small cattle herd of 4,200 head. The main agricultural products in planted area are:

bananas: 1,460 hectares / 3,600 tons
coconut: 10 hectares / 130,000 fruits
oranges: 4 hectares / 25 tons
hearts of palm (palmito): 50 hectares / 75 tons
sugarcane: 20 hectares / 390 tons

Data are from IBGE

[edit] Meaning of the name

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Gaspar de Lemos, a navigator and commander of the Portuguese naval fleet embanked at the Long Island (Ilha Grande) on 6 January 1502, the “Kings’ day”, that is, “Dia de Reis.” Accordingly, the place was named “Angra dos Reis”, which means “Kings’Cove” or loosely - anchorage of the kings.