Santa Leopoldina
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Coordinates: 20 ° 6 ′ S , 40 ° 32 ′ W Santa Leopoldina on the map of Espírito Santo
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 Espírito Santo
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| City foundation | April 17, 1887 | |
| Residents | 12,300 (2018, estimate July 1, 2018) | |
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| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 718.097 | |
| height | 65 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Valdemar Luiz Horbelt Coutinho, known as Vavá ( PRB ) (2017–2020) | |
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Santa Leopoldina , officially Portuguese Município de Santa Leopoldina , is a Brazilian community and small town with an estimated population of 12,300 as of July 1, 2018 in the state of Espírito Santo , about 44 kilometers inland from the state capital Vitória , with a predominantly German-born Protestant population.
history
Santa Leopoldina was founded in 1856 by around 60 Swiss immigrants who came across the Santa Maria River. A short time later, in 1857, around 200 immigrants from Germany and Luxembourg followed , with some Tyroleans also joining. In 1859 the Colonia Tirol was founded as an agricultural colony in the municipality of Tyroleans from the Stubaital and Oberinntal .
The original name, "Cachoeiro de Santa Leopoldina", was given to the community in 1860 by the mother of the Emperor of Brazil Pedro II. Maria Leopoldine , Archduchess of Austria.
In the 19th century the city was, for a time, the most important economic center in the region. However, the influence diminished again when roads competed with shipping. The Santa Maria River was the city's greatest asset as it was navigable all the way to the Atlantic.
The first highway ( Rodovia ) in the state was built between Santa Leopoldina and Santa Teresa and was finished in 1918. In 1924 it was extended to Vitória . Cashoiero de Santa Leopoldina was elevated to a parish in 1887. In 1943 the name of the municipality was changed: The part of the name "Cachoeiro de" (Portuguese for waterfall of ) was removed.
In 1891 Santa Teresa split off from Santa Leopoldina and in 1986 the district of Jetibá also separated from Santa Leopoldina as the new Munizip Santa Maria de Jetibá .
Attractions
Santa Leopoldina is an oasis in the rainforest, with rich flora and fauna. The numerous waterfalls are especially worth seeing. The most important of these are (with distance from Santa Leopoldina):
- Cachoeira Véu de Noiva - 9 km
- Cachoeira Rio do meio - 20 km
- Cachoeira Gruta da Onça - 4 km
- Cachoeira das Andorinhas - 8 km
- Cachoeira Parque Hidro Rural Canto das Águas - 3.5 km
- Cachoeira Ribeirão dos Pardos - 4 km
- Cachoeira Fumaça - 3.5 km
- Cachoeira Tio André - 12 km
- Cachoeira do Moxafongo - 1 km
- Cachoeira do Recanto - 10 km
- Cachoeira do Retiro - 5 km
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Santa Leopoldina - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed July 26, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Vavá 44 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed July 26, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Stadt Gottes, Born 1901, pp. 458 and 459. The colonists from Tyrol came from the communities of Matrei, Neustift, Fulpmes and Wattens
- ↑ Santa Leopoldina - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed July 26, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
