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Alagoinha (Little Alagoas) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. The name "Alagoinha" refers to the many small tanks, wells, cauldrons, and lagoons within the city. Nossa Senhora da Conceição Our Lady of Conceição is the patroness saint of the city. The church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, which has a simple style, was built by German Franciscan friars in 1916. The city has a strong connection to the German culture.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Alagoinha
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_flag
Bandeira de Alagoinha PE.svg
Settlement.image_map
PE-mapa-Alagoinha.png
Settlement.mapsize
250
Settlement.map_caption
Alagoinha in Pernambuco
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Pernambuco
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
200.42
Settlement.elevation_m
726
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
14,718
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Official website

Prefeitura de Alagoinha

alagoinha.pe.gov.br

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
alagoinhense
Country
Brazil
Located in
Pernambuco
Population
11068
Area
200.422
Elevation
800
Time zone
UTC−03:00
Shares border with
Pesqueira
Official website
www.alagoinha.pe.gov.br
Dialing code
87
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Commons category
Alagoinha (Pernambuco)
Human Development Index
0.599
electorate
10727
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Alagoinha (Little Alagoas) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. The name "Alagoinha" refers to the many small tanks, wells, cauldrons, and lagoons within the city. Nossa Senhora da Conceição Our Lady of Conceição is the patroness saint of the city. The church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, which has a simple style, was built by German Franciscan friars in 1916. The city has a strong connection to the German culture.

==Geography== State - Pernambuco Region - Agreste of Pernambuco Coordinates - Boundaries - Pesqueira (north and east); Venturosa (south and west). Area - 200.42 km2 Elevation - 726 m Hydrography - Ipojuca and Ipanema rivers Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila Climate - Transition between tropical hot and humid and, semi arid hot and dry Annual average temperature - 21.6 c Distance to Recife - 225.5 km

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alagoinha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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