an arrondissement of the island of Corsica, 550 square miles in extent, divided into six cantons, and these into thirty-one communes, containing 18,603 inhabitants. The capital is a fortified city of the same name, on the western side of the island, with a good haven. It contains 400 houses and 2164 inhabitants. Long. 8° 50' E. Lat. 42° 30' N.