Fundão () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
, south eastern
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. Its population was 21,948 (2020) and its area is 280 km².
History
This municipality was created on the 5 July 1923. It was created from part of
Nova Almeida municipality, which today is no longer a municipality but a town (''distrito'' in Portuguese) of
Serra municipality.
Location
Situated about 57 km from the state capital
Vitória. Bordering municipalities include:
Aracruz and
Ibiraçu (N),
Santa Teresa and
Santa Leopoldina (W),
Serra, Espírito Santo
Serra is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Bordering the north of the state's capital, Vitória, Brazil, Vitória, the municipality is part of the Greater Vitória metropolitan area. Its population w ...
(S) and the Atlantic Ocean (E).
The coastline of the municipality is protected by the
Costa das Algas Environmental Protection Area, created in 2010.
See also
*
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ...
References
Populated coastal places in Espírito Santo
Municipalities in Espírito Santo
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