Linhares
Sign in to saveLinhares is a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km2, and has a population of 176,688 people as of 2020.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Linhares
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Linhares
- Settlement.nicknames
- "Paraíso das águas" (''Waters' Paradise)"Princesa das águas" (Waters' Princess'')
- Settlement.image_skyline
- GustavoLouzada Praca22agosto Linhares ES (25991327297).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- 22 de Agosto Square
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao-linhares-es.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira-linhares.png
- Settlement.image_map
- EspiritoSanto Municip Linhares.svg
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- Location in Espírito Santo
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- August 22, 1800 (223 years)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Linhares is a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km2, and has a population of 176,688 people as of 2020.
The municipality is named in honor of Rodrigo de Souza Coutinho, Count of Linhares, who was a minister in the Brazilian government in the first two decades of the 19th century. The city took international knowledge, being the residence of Miss Gay Brazil 2013 and 2014.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linhares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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