Governador Lindenberg is the name of a
Brazil
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ian
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the southeastern state of
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 attracti ...
. Its population was 12,880 (2020) and its area is 360 km².
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As of 2001, an official flag was adopted, and the coat of arms designed by Andreia Freitas dos Santos won a school competition to choose the city's coat of arms, in which the prize was a television.
Located in the north of the state, roughly 200km from the capital of Vitória, this municipality gained independence from Colatina
Colatina is the second largest city in the north of Espírito Santo, Brazil, 127 km north of the capital Vitória and on the trainline from Vitória to Minas Gerais. It lies on the banks of the Doce River
The Doce River ( , "Sweet River ...
on 29 July 1997. Its colonization was made primarily through the access of the Doce River
The Doce River ( , "Sweet River") is a river in southeast Brazil with a length of .
The river basin is economically important. In 2015, the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river, causing an ecological d ...
, by Italian immigrants
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There were two major Italian diasporas in Italian history. The first diaspora began around 1880, two decades after the Unification of Italy, and ended in the 1920s ...
, who settled there during the 19th century.
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See also
*List of municipalities in Espírito Santo
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Espírito Santo (ES), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Espírito Santo is divided into 78 municipalities, which are grouped into 13 microregions, which are grouped into 4 mesoregio ...
References
Municipalities in Espírito Santo
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