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Alagoas

Alagoas is a state in . Tourism has grown on the beaches of the state with the arrival of Brazilians and foreigners.
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is the capital of Alagoas, in . has a great coastal ambiance and stands out for its beauty, embedded in palm trees, mangroves and the bright green sea.

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is a municipality in the state of Alagoas, 125 km north of the capital city of . It has 33,032 inhabitants, a city situated on the northern coast of Alagoas state, , being the easternmost city of that state.

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is a municipality located in the southern coast of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 57,294 and its area is 913 km2. It is the largest municipality in Alagoas by area, but among the largest municipalities of each Brazilian state, it is the smallest.

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is a beachside city in Alagoas, at the border with , between the Atlantic Ocean and the São Francisco River, with a set of beautiful urban beaches.

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is a village at the beach of Alagoas. It is known to be the Brazilian Caribbean.

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is a seaside town in the region of Alagoas, 37 km northeast of . It's home to 16,000 people, and a popular beach holiday destination. Its beautiful beaches still remain fairly uncrowded.

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is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 8,378 and its area is 77 km2.

Alagoas

Latitude of center
-9.6612° or 9° 39′ 40″ south
Longitude of center
-36.6502° or 36° 39′ 1″ west
Population
3,340,000
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Abbreviation
“AL”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 541429445
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3408096
Wiki­data ID
Q40885
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Alagoas” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Alagoas”
  • Afrikaans: “Alagoas”
  • Albanian: “Alagoas”
  • Arabic: “ألاغواس”
  • Arabic: “الاغواس”
  • Aragonese: “Alagoas”
  • Armenian: “Ալագոաս”
  • Asturian: “Alagoas”
  • Aymara: “Alagoas Istadu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alaqoas”
  • Basque: “Alagoas”
  • Belarusian: “Алагоас, штат”
  • Belarusian: “Алагоас”
  • Belarusian: “штат Алагоас”
  • Bengali: “আলাগোয়াস”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলাগৱাস”
  • Bosnian: “Alagoas”
  • Breton: “Alagoas”
  • Bulgarian: “Алагоас”
  • Bulgarian: “Алагоаш”
  • Catalan: “Alagoas”
  • Catalan: “Estat d’Alagoas”
  • Cebuano: “Alagoas”
  • Chinese: “Alagoas”
  • Chinese: “阿拉戈斯州”
  • Chinese: “阿拉戈阿斯”
  • Chinese: “阿拉瓜斯州”
  • Cornish: “Alagoas”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Alagoas”
  • Croatian: “Alagoas”
  • Czech: “Alagoas”
  • Danish: “Alagoas”
  • Dutch: “Alagoas”
  • Esperanto: “Alagoas”
  • Esperanto: “Alagoaso”
  • Estonian: “Alagoase osariik”
  • Estonian: “Alagoase provints”
  • Finnish: “Alagoas”
  • French: “Alagoas”
  • Galician: “Alagoas”
  • Georgian: “ალაგოასი”
  • German: “Alagoas”
  • Greek: “Αλαγκόας”
  • Guarani: “Alagoas”
  • Gujarati: “આલાગોઆસ”
  • Hawaiian: “Alanas”
  • Hebrew: “אלאגואס”
  • Hebrew: “אלגואס”
  • Hindi: “अलागोआस”
  • Hungarian: “Alagoas”
  • Icelandic: “Alagoas”
  • Ido: “Alagoas”
  • Indonesian: “Alagoas”
  • Interlingua: “Alagoas”
  • Irish: “Alagoas”
  • Italian: “Alagoas”
  • Japanese: “アラゴアス”
  • Japanese: “アラゴアス州”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲಾಗೊಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Алагоас”
  • Korean: “알라고아스”
  • Korean: “알라고아스주”
  • Ladino: “Alagoas”
  • Latin: “Alacunae”
  • Latin: “civitas Alagoasensis”
  • Latin: “Civitas Alagoasensis”
  • Latvian: “Alagoasa”
  • Limburgan: “Alagoas”
  • Lithuanian: “Alagoasas”
  • Macedonian: “Алагоас”
  • Malagasy: “Alagoas”
  • Malay: “Alagoas”
  • Marathi: “आलागोआस”
  • Mazanderani: “آلاگواس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alagoas”
  • Nepali: “अलागोआस”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alagoas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alagoas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alagoas”
  • Norwegian: “Alagoas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alagoas”
  • Ossetian: “Алагоас”
  • Papiamento: “Alagoas”
  • Persian: “آلاگواس”
  • Persian: “الاگواس”
  • Piemontese: “Alagoas”
  • Polish: “Alagoas”
  • Polish: “Alagôas”
  • Portuguese: “AL”
  • Portuguese: “Alagoas”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Alagoas”
  • Quechua: “Alagoas suyu”
  • Romanian: “Alagoas”
  • Russian: “Алагоас”
  • Russian: “Алагояс”
  • Scots: “Alagoas”
  • Scots: “State o Alagoas”
  • Serbian: “Алагоајс”
  • Serbian: “Алагоас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alagoas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alagojas”
  • Sinhala: “අලගොආස් ප්‍රාන්තය, බ්‍රසීලය”
  • Sinhala: “අලගොආස්”
  • Slovak: “Alagoas”
  • Slovenian: “AL”
  • Slovenian: “Alagoas”
  • Slovenian: “Zvezna država Alagoas”
  • Spanish: “Alagoaniense”
  • Spanish: “Alagoas”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Alagoas”
  • Spanish: “río São Francisco”
  • Swahili: “Alagoas”
  • Swedish: “Alagoas”
  • Tajik: “Алагоас”
  • Tamil: “அலகொலாஸ்”
  • Tamil: “அலாகோவாஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Алагоас”
  • Telugu: “ఆలాగోవాస్”
  • Tetum: “Alagoas”
  • Thai: “รัฐอาลาโกวัช”
  • Thai: “รัฐอาลาโกอัส”
  • Turkish: “AL”
  • Turkish: “Alagoas (eyalet)”
  • Turkish: “Alagoas eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Alagoas”
  • Turkish: “BR-AL”
  • Turkish: “Estado de Alagoas”
  • Ukrainian: “Алагоас”
  • Urdu: “الاگواس”
  • Uzbek: “Alagoas”
  • Venetian: “Alagoas”
  • Vietnamese: “Alagoas”
  • Volapük: “Alagoas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alagoas”
  • Welsh: “Alagoas”
  • Western Panjabi: “الاگواس”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿拉戈斯州”
  • Yoruba: “Alagoas”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿拉瓜斯州”
  • “AL”
  • “Alagoas”
  • “BR-AL”
  • “ma Alagoas”
  • “ma Alakowa”

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