Branquinha
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Branquinha is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
. Its population is 13,217 (2005) and its area is 191 km². It was devastated by flooding in June 2010.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
Alagoas
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 ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...
. Its population is 13,217 (2005) and its area is 191 km². It was devastated by flooding in June 2010.