Alagoas, 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 ; Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. It has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.8% of the Brazilian GDP. It is made up of 102 municipalities and its most populous cities are Maceió, Arapiraca, Palmeira dos Índios, Rio Largo, Penedo, União dos Palmares, São Miguel dos Campos, Santana do Ipanema, Delmiro Gouveia, Coruripe, and Campo Alegre.
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the first president of Brazil. He was born in Alagoas in a military family, followed a military career, and became a national figure. Fonseca took office as provisional president after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and established the First Brazilian Republic in 1889, disestablishing the Empire. After his election in 1891, he stepped down the same year under great political pressure when he dissolved the National Congress. He died less than a year later.
Maceió, formerly sometimes Anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a spring.
Fajãzinha is a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes das Flores located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the main town of Lajes das Flores, on the western coast of Portuguese island of Flores. The population in 2021 was 71, in an area of 6.16 square kilometres (2.38 sq mi). It contains the localities Fajãzinha and Ladeiras.
Lagoa may refer to the following:
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Lagoa da Prata is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was estimated to be 52,711. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the microregion of Bom Despacho.
Rio Grande is a municipality (município) and one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was the state capital from 1835 to 1845. It is the most important port city in the state and has one of the most important maritime ports in Brazil.
Lagoa da Canoa is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 17,771 (2020) and its area is 103 km².
Jequiá da Praia is a municipality located in the coast of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its area is 339 km2, and in 2005 it had a population of 12,926.
Lagoa do Peixe National Park is a national park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created in 1986 to protect a wintering zone for migratory birds along the Lagoa dos Patos, the estuary of the Guaiba river or Guaíba Lake about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Porto Alegre.
Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve is a federally administered biological reserve in eastern Brazil. It contains a remnant of the tropical Atlantic Forest biome.
São Benedito do Sul is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located 172.5 km away from Recife, the capital of the state of Pernambuco. It has an estimated population of 16,069 inhabitants.
Events in the year 1892 in Brazil.
The Lagoa do Jequiá Marine Extractive Reserve is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Alagoas, Brazil.
Jequiá River may refer to:
The flag of the Brazilian state of Alagoas was created by State Law of Alagoas No. 2628 on 23 September 1963. The colors refer to the French Tricolor, symbolizing the ideals of the French Revolution: liberté, égalité, fraternité.
The Captaincy of Alagoas was created on September 16, 1817, from the dismemberment of the Captaincy of Pernambuco. The capital was located in the current city of Marechal Deodoro under the name of Santa Maria Madalena da Lagoa do Sul.
