Palmeira dos Índios
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Palmeira dos Índios is a municipality
located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas
. , it has a population of around 70,000.
The city is situated on Alagoas backwood region. Brazilian writer, Graciliano Ramos
, was its mayor in 1927. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
.
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 western of 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...
. , it has a population of around 70,000.
The city is situated on Alagoas backwood region. Brazilian writer, Graciliano Ramos
Graciliano Ramos
Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira was a Brazilian Post-Modernist writer, politician and journalist. In most of his novels he depicts the precarious situation of the poor inhabitants of the Brazilian sertão.-Life:Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira was born in the city of Quebrangulo, in the Brazilian State...
, was its mayor in 1927. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios is a diocese located in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in the Ecclesiastical province of Maceió in Brazil.-History:...
.