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Alagoas

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Alagoas (Portuguese) [alaˈgoːaʃ]
n
(Placename) a state in NE Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Maceió. Pop.: 2 817 903 (2000). Area: 30 776 sq. km (11 031 sq. miles)


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Some facts and figures on the waterway: Length 2,700 kilometers Size of basin 634,000 square kilometers Tributaries 168 States served Minas Gerais, Bahia, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe Population 13 million Project cost US$1.
Lula's first presidential opponent in 1989 was Fernando Collor, whose family comes from the neighboring state of Alagoas.
The legendary quilombo of Palmares, in the northeastern state of Alagoas, was seen as such a threat to the sugar zones of the Northeast that its final defeat and destruction in 1695 was celebrated with parades and masses all over Brazil (see essay by silvia Hunold La ra, 98-99).
 
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