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Santa Catarina

(Encyclopedia)Santa Catarina sänˈtə kətərēˈnə [key], state (1996 pop. 4,865,090), 37,060 sq mi (95,985 sq km), S Brazil. The capital is Florianópolis. ...

Santo André

(Encyclopedia)Santo André sänˈto͝o ändrĕˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 625,294), São Paulo state, S Brazil, a suburb of São Paulo. The city houses the offices of many international firms and has industries that ...

Maringá

(Encyclopedia)Maringá mərēng-gäˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 268,878), Paraná state, SE Brazil. It is an agricultural center whose chief products are coffee, corn, beans, rice, wheat, and sugarcane. Coffee process...

Ribeiro, João Ubaldo

(Encyclopedia)Ribeiro, João Ubaldo, 1941–, Brazilian journalist and novelist. His novel Sergeant Getúlio (1971, tr. 1978) narrates the efforts of a mercenary to deliver a prisoner in remote NE Brazil; it is not...

Alagoas

(Encyclopedia)Alagoas älägōˈəs [key] [Port.,=lagoons], state, 10,707 sq mi (27,331 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Maceió is the capital. ...

Sergipe

(Encyclopedia)Sergipe sərgēˈpĭ [key], state (1996 pop. 1,617,368), 8,321 sq mi (21,551 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Aracaju is the capital. ...

Governador Valadares

(Encyclopedia)Governador Valadares go͝ovərnədo͞orˈ vələᵺäˈrəs [key], city, Minas Gerais...

Espírito Santo

(Encyclopedia)Espírito Santo əspēˈrēto͝o sänˈto͝o [key], state, 15,200 sq mi (39,368 sq km...

Furnas Dam

(Encyclopedia)Furnas Dam, c.390 ft (120 m) high, at the junction of the Rio Grande and Sapucaí rivers, SE Brazil, in Minas Gerais state; completed 1962. It has a 620-sq mi (1,606-sq km) reservoir. It includes larg...