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Alagoas (älägō`əs) [Port.,=lagoons], state (1990 pop. 2,522,150), 10,707 sq mi (27,331 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Maceió Maceió (məsāô`), city (1991 pop. ..... Click the link for more information. is the capital. |
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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
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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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