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Alagoas ( Brazilian Portuguese: [alaˈɡoɐs] ⓘ ), officially State of Alagoas, is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió.
Alagoas é uma das 27 unidades federativas do Brasil. Está situado no leste da região Nordeste e tem como limites Pernambuco (N e NO), Sergipe (S), Bahia (SO) e o Oceano Atlântico (L). Seu território é dividido em 102 municípios numa área de 27 848,140 km², sendo ligeiramente menor que a Albânia. Sua capital é a cidade de Maceió e a ...
Alagoas, estado (state) of northeastern Brazil.It is the second smallest of Brazil’s states and is an agricultural region in the early stages of industrialization. Situated on the northern bank of the São Francisco River, it is bounded on the north and west by the state of Pernambuco, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Sergipe, and on the west by
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t. e. The history from the Brazilian state of Alagoas begins before the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese, when the territory was inhabited by the Caeté people. [1] The coast of the current state of Alagoas, recognized since the first Portuguese expeditions, was also visited early on by vessels of other nationalities for the barter of ...
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Alagoas, a state in northeastern Brazil, encompasses 11,031 square miles. It has a population of 2.8 million (2000 estimate), composed primarily of people of mixed racial descent. The capital is Maceió. Along the coast, the climate is hot and humid; in the interior, hot and dry. To the west is Paulo Alfonso Falls, once regarded as one of the ...
There were eight villages in the province, and Alagoas was already an independent captaincy from Pernambuco, created by the charter of September 16, 1817. The repercussion of the Pernambucan Revolt of that year contributed to facilitate the emancipation process. The ombudsman Batalha was the main mentor of the people of Alagoas.
Alagoas is a small coastal state in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Its capital city is Maceió, where tourism industry is one of the basis for the local economy. Other important cities in Alagoas are Arapiraca, Palmeira dos Índios, Penedo, Marechal Deodoro, and Maragogi. The state has a total of 101 cities.
