Vitória de Santo Antão
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Coordinates: 8 ° 8 ′ S , 35 ° 18 ′ W Vitória de Santo Antão on the map of Pernambuco
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Pernambuco | |
| Residents | 138,757 (2019, estimate) | |
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| surface | 368 km 2 | |
| Population density | 377 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 147 m | |
| Post Code | 55,600-55,699 | |
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Vitória de Santo Antão , officially Município de Vitória de Santo Antão , is a large city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco . It is located about 50 kilometers from the Atlantic coast and the capital Pernambucos, Recife , in the Mata Pernambucana . According to the official estimate as of July 1, 2019, it has 138,757 inhabitants.
economy
The most important branch of industry is the production of cachaça , Brazilian schnapps, from the cane sugar obtained in the surrounding area .
Attractions
Many of the Engenhos , Brazilian sugar cane processing plants, can be visited, as can the schnapps production facility. The sugar cane schnapps Pitú comes from here.
The chapel of Nossa Senhora de Nazaré on Monte Tabocas was built in memory of the battle between the Portuguese and the Dutch for supremacy in Pernambuco. In this battle on August 6, 1645 there were great losses on both sides, but no winner.
The house of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Vitória de Santo Antão , completely clad in azulejos , can also be visited.
Festivals
- Feast in honor of Saint Anthony in January
- Vitória de Santo Antao is one of the carnival metropolises in Brazil
- Easter: procession depicting Christ 's passion . Up to 25,000 visitors come to the city for this event.
- August: Festival in memory of the Battle of Monte Tabocas
- September: Vitória festival - a second carnival
Sons and daughters
- João Batista Portocarrero Costa (1904–1959), Roman Catholic clergyman, coadjutor archbishop of Olinda e Recife
- Osman Lins (1924–1978), writer
- Josué (* 1979), football player
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Portuguese)
- Vitória de Santo Antão, PE , city profile of the Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil (Portuguese)
- Vitória de Santo Antão: Panorama , official statistics of the IBGE
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cidades @ Pernambuco: Vitória de Santo Antão. Retrieved August 28, 2019 (Portuguese).
- ^ Prefeitura da Vitória de Santo Antão: Economia. Retrieved July 2, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE: Cidades @ Pernambuco: Vitória de Santo Antão - histórico. Retrieved July 2, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ^ Prefeitura da Vitória de Santo Antão: História. Retrieved July 2, 2017 (Portuguese).