Capraia Island

Capraia Island

Italian  Isola Capraia,  Latin  Capraria 

      (from capra, “wild goat”), island of the Arcipelago Toscano, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the Italian mainland and the north point of Corsica. Capraia, mountainous and volcanic, rising to 1,467 feet (447 metres), produces wine and is a centre of anchovy fishing. About one-third of its area has been occupied since 1872 by an agricultural penal colony. The village and port of Capraia has a 15th-century fortress and is a bathing resort. Area 7.4 square miles (19 square km). Pop. (2006 est.) 381.

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