Santa Maria de Jetibá is the name of a municipality and of its capital in central

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 ...

, Southeastern

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. It was founded in 1857 by Pomeranian immigrants who arrived through the state capital Vitória by going up the river Santa Maria.

Geography

Located in the south-central mountain region of Espírito Santo, this municipality has an area of 735.55 square kilometers. The town of Santa Maria de Jetibá is 720 meters above sea level, and the highest point in the state is Garrafão Peak, at 1200 meters (3937 ft) above sea level.

People

With a total population of 41,015 (2020), Santa Maria de Jetibá is considered one of the last significant

East Pomeranian East Pomeranian (''Ostpommersch'') is an East Low German dialect that is either moribund or used to be spoken in what was roughly Pomerania (now northwestern Poland; previously part of Germany until the end of World War II) and today is also sp ...

-speaking communities in the world. Those immigrants ( Pomeranians), who came from the historical region Pomerania, now part of Germany and Poland where it is known as Pommern and Pomorze respectively. In Brazil, many Pomeranians also established communities in Santa Catarina (see

Pomerode Pomerode () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil. It is located in the valley of the Itajaí-Açu river, not very far from the city of Blumenau, one of the largest cities in the state. Pomerode is known ...

) and Rio Grande do Sul (see

Arroio do Padre Arroio do Padre (, Portuguese meaning Priest's Stream) is a Brazilian municipality in the southeastern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its 2020 population was 2,951. Much of the population have Pomeranian origin and are Evangelical Luth ...

). Santa Maria de Jetibá is a place where the people still speak solely East Pomeranian in their day-to-day life. Due to the isolation of this community, most of the members of the community live in very poor conditions. Due also to financial constraints by the state, very little investment in education is forthcoming, and the language barrier persists to be a real problem for the community. This also hinders their future prospects, of course, by them not having proper education, thus a reasonable expectation in the work market. Those communities are mainly rural.

Demography

Most of the population of that city is descended from Pomeranian and

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peoples. Santa Maria de Jetibá realiza 23ª Festa Pomerana

, a dialect of Low German, has co-official status in Santa Maria de Jetibá. ''Source: 2010 Census''

Climate

Santa Maria de Jetibá is on a high valley and the altitude of this Town is about 700m above the sea level. The elevation of this municipality changes the climate and it features a cool and dry climate on winters and an wet and hot days and cool nights on summers. Santa Maria de Jetibá features a humid subtropical climate type Cwa.

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