Porto de Galinhas is a

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in the municipality of Ipojuca,

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. Porto de Galinhas is a major tourist destination. The beach is famous for its bright-water beaches and the natural pools. It is part of the municipality of Ipojuca, and located south of the state capital,

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. The municipality of Ipojuca, where Porto de Galinhas lies, was established on November 12, 1895.

Origin of name

According to history the town was called () until 1850 when it became a place where people traded slaves to work in the plantations of sugar cane. To evade the control of the illegal transaction, slaves were transported together with

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and passwords were created by traffickers ( pt, "Tem galinha nova no porto"—"There are new chickens in the port"), hence the origin of the name.

Description

It has been voted "Best Brazilian Beach" for the eighth time in a row by the readers of ''Voyage & Tourism'' Brazilian magazine. According to this magazine, the main reasons given are the beauty of the

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s (the closest to the coast in all of Brazil), the ecological trails, the hotel infrastructure and the proximity to a large city and the

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Gallery

Image:Resort muroalto.jpg, Deluxe Resort. File:Mergulho_na_Praia_de_Porto_de_Galinhas_-_Ipojuca,_Pernambuco,_Brasil.jpg, Recreational scuba divers. File:Porto_de_galinhas_67.jpg, Porto de Galinhas. File:Porto_de_Galinhas-002.jpg, Sunset. File:Calçadão_da_Praia_de_Porto_de_Galinhas_-_Ipojuca,_Pernambuco,_Brasil.jpg, Pubs during the night. File:Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brasil(2).jpg, Porto de Galinhas. File:Summerville Beach Resort - Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brasil.jpg, Summerville Beach Resort. File:Porto_de_Galinhas,_Pernambuco,_Brasil.jpg, Tourists. File:Porto-de-galinhas-beach.jpg, Sail boat on the beach at Porto de Galinhas File:ChuvaPiscinasNaturais.jpg, Morro Alto beach

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Porto de Galinhas basic information

Destination Porto de Galinhas
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