Manguinhos is a small village in the municipality of Serra 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 attracti ...

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, technically known as a neighbourhood (''Bairro'' in Portuguese). It is today mainly a residential village, as most people work in the

Greater Vitória Greater Vitória (''Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória'') is a metropolitan area in Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is made up of the following municipalities: Cariacica, Fundão, Guarapari, Serra, Vitória, Vila Velha, and Viana and accor ...

Metropolitan Area. Manguinhos is about 10 km north of Vitória. In 2000, the Manguinhos campus of UCL – Faculdade do Centro Leste was founded by faculty from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES). The college was acquired by the University of

Vila Velha Vila Velha (; ) is a Brazilian municipality situated on the coast of the state of Espírito Santo, in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is part of the Greater Vitória Metropolitan Area and covers an area of , of which is within the urban a ...

(UVV) in 2024.

History

The first mention of the area is said to have been made by

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around 1818. While on one of his trips he went to Espirito Santo and refers to the ''ponta dos Fachos'', which is the name of a beach in Manguinhos to this day. The locality was founded as a fishing village around 1900. During a number of decades, the fish that was caught off the coast were taken to the capital, Vitória, by canoe, until much later in the middle of the century, when better roads made it possible to transport them in small trucks. It remained a fishing village until the late 20th century, when in rapid succession seven farms were granted planning permission to be sold off as land allotments in an urban development. Electricity first arrived to Manguinhos in the 1950s, when there was already better road communication with the nearby capital (then 30 km away). The approved plans are still not fully built out, but the village size is steadily and rapidly increasing.

Present

Today this residential village is a sea resort, with a large intermittent population who only live there in summer months. Local facilities have been able to cope well with this so far, despite some water shortages in the peak summer season. The local community is diversifying to attract tourists in the months between summers and create a more sustainable flow of visitors. Many beach-side bars have been built, and the town also sports one of the best traditional

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restaurants in the state. The continuing fishing activity, provides the fish that continues to be an attraction of local tourists and visitors.

References

Populated places in Espírito Santo {{EspiritoSanto-geo-stub