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Alagoas: State of Brazil
Alagoas, officially State of Alagoas, is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. It has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.8% of the Brazilian GDP. It is made up of 102 municipalities and its most populous cities are Maceió, Arapiraca, Palmeira dos Índios, Rio Largo, Penedo, União dos Palmares, São Miguel dos Campos, Santana do Ipanema, Delmiro Gouveia, Coruripe, and Campo Alegre.

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Watch: Meet the Brazilian heroine saving the local coastal ecosystem [Video]

Watch: Meet the Brazilian heroine saving the local coastal ecosystem

Mayris Nascimento grew up surrounded by the lagoons of Alagoas. Devastated by the deforestation and polluted waters, she couldn't stand idle while her local ecosystem was in peril. Mayris decided to..

Credit: euronews (in English)     Duration: 06:00Published

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