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São Francisco (Tarrafal De São Nicolau)
São Francisco ( Portuguese: ''Saint Francis'') may refer to: Places Brazil Populated places = Central-West = * São Francisco de Goiás, a municipality in Goiás = North = * São Francisco do Iratapuru, a village in Amapá * São Francisco do Pará, a municipality in Pará * São Francisco do Guaporé, a municipality in Rondônia = North-East = * Muquém de São Francisco, a municipality in Bahia * São Francisco do Conde, a municipality in Bahia * São Francisco do Brejão, a municipality in Maranhão * São Francisco do Maranhão, a municipality in Maranhão * São Francisco, Paraíba, a municipality in Paraíba * Belém de São Francisco, a municipality in Pernambuco * Lagoa de São Francisco, a municipality in Piauí * São Francisco do Piauí, a municipality in Piauí * São Francisco do Oeste, a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte * São Francisco, Sergipe, a municipality in Sergipe * Amparo de São Francisco, a municipality in Sergipe * Canindé de São Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santana Do São Francisco
Santana do São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 7,844 (2020) and its area is 46 km2.IBGE /ref> See also * List of municipalities in Sergipe This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Sergipe (SE), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Sergipe is divided into 75 municipalities, which are grouped into 13 microregions, which are grouped into 3 mesoregions. See al ... References Municipalities in Sergipe {{Sergipe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco River (Rio De Janeiro)
The São Francisco River is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... See also * List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RiodeJaneiro-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco River (Paraná)
The São Francisco River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Paraná A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... ReferencesRoad map of Paraná Rivers of Paraná (state) Tributaries of the Paraná River {{ParanáBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco River (Belo River)
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and the Madeira). It used to be known as the by the indigenous people before colonisation, and is today also known as . The São Francisco originates in the Canastra mountain range in the central-western part of the state of Minas Gerais. It runs generally north in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, behind the coastal range, draining an area of over , before turning east to form the border between Bahia on the right bank and the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas on the left one. After that, it ends on the boundaries between the states of Alagoas and Sergipe and washes into the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the five states which the São Francisco directly traverses or borders, its drainage basin also includes tributaries from the state of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large Rivers of Brazil, river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon River, Amazon, the Paraná River, Paraná and the Madeira River, Madeira). It used to be known as the by the indigenous people before colonisation, and is today also known as . The São Francisco originates in the Serra da Canastra, Canastra mountain range in the central-western part of the state of Minas Gerais. It runs generally north in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, behind the coastal range, draining an area of over , before turning east to form the border between Bahia on the right bank and the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas on the left one. After that, it ends on the boundaries between the states of Alagoas and Sergipe and washes into the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the five states which the São Francisco directly traver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco Do Sul
São Francisco do Sul is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It covers an area of 540 km2 (208 miles2) and had an estimated population of 53,746 in 2020. Location It was founded as a village by the Portuguese in 1658. Despite the date of its foundation, there's a previous record that a famous navigator left Honfleur, Normandy in France by the year of 1503 and arrived at São Francisco do Sul, at the Bay of Babitonga, Jean Binot Paulmier De Gonneville is also recognised by many historians as one of the first, if not the first, Europeans to arrive. It is situated on the northern end of the Island of São Francisco at the entrance to the Babitonga Bay. São Francisco do Sul is an important part of the Brazilian infrastructure. It provides large bulk shipping facilities and is served by the major container shipping lines connecting with the South American east and west coasts, Africa, Asia, North and Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco, São Paulo
São Francisco is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 2,817 (2020 est.) in an area of 75.6 km². The elevation is 402 m. Media In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable). See also * List of municipalities in São Paulo * Interior of São Paulo The interior of São Paulo is an informal term to describe the zone that covers the entire area of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo outside the Greater São Paulo, Metropolitan Region and the coast of São Paulo. The interior stands ou ... References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{MesoregionSãoJosédoRioPreto-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco, Niterói
São Francisco is one of the 48 neighborhoods in which the Brazilian city of Niterói is divided. As of 2000, its population was 9,654. Its name derives from the church consecrated to Saint Francis Xavier (in Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier) and references to it can be found as early as the 17th century. The ''São Francisco Ensenada'', also known as "saco" de São Francisco" (roughly translated as São Francisco's "bag", on account of the Ensenada's shape), was an important source of fish for both the Indians and the Portuguese. In the 19th century, an important road existed, connecting the neighborhood of Icaraí, across the ''Morro do Cavalão'' (Big Horse Hill), to Charitas and then across the ''Morro da Viração'' (Viração Hill) to Piratininga, on the Ocean shore (note that Icaraí, São Francisco and Charitas have their shores on the Guanabara Bay). The population of approximately 9,620 (in 1991) represents 2.21% of Niterói's total population. No slum A sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco De Itabapoana
São Francisco de Itabapoana () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 42,210 (2020) and its area is 1,111 km2.IBGE /ref> See also *Itabapoana River The Itabapoana is a river forming the border between Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states in eastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Espírito Santo *List of rivers of Minas Gerais *List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro List of rivers in Ri ... References Populated coastal places in Rio de Janeiro (state) Municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco Do Glória
São Francisco do Glória is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé. As of 2020, the estimated population was 4,800. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ... References {{Municipalities of Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco De Sales
São Francisco de Sales is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 6,274 in a total area of 1,129 km2. It became a municipality in 1962. Geography São Francisco de Sales belongs to the statistical micro-region of Frutal. It is located at an elevation of 423 meters on the northern bank of the Rio Grande and is crossed by the Verde River. Neighboring municipalities are: *North: Campina Verde *West: Iturama *East: Itapagipe *South: the state of São Paulo Distances * Campina Verde: 46 km * Iturama: 50 km * Itapagipe: 43 km * Frutal: 91 km *Belo Horizonte: 692 km The highways of access are: BR-262, BR-050, MG-427, BR-364, and MG-255. History The town had its origins in an Indian village, located on the banks of the Rio Verde. Around 1835 a priest, Jerônimo Gonçalves Macedo, arrived and put up a cross. In 1850 a district was formed with the name "Missões", later changed to São Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
