Santana do Ipanema
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Santana do Ipanema is a city and a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
. It is situated at the edge of Ipanema river.
Its population was 44,866 (2005) and its area is 438 km². It was founded in 1875.
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...
. It is situated at the edge of Ipanema river.
Its population was 44,866 (2005) and its area is 438 km². It was founded in 1875.