Pilar is a
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' ...
located in the
Brazilian state
The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Repu ...
of
Alagoas
Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...
. Its population was 35,212 (2020) and its area is 249 km². On March 28, 1876, Pilar carried out the last official
execution
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in ...
of Brazil when it hanged the slave
Francisco
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Meaning of the name Francisco
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de A ...
.
[LIMA Júnior, Félix. Última Execução Judicial no Brasil. Maceió: Edufal, 1979]
See also
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List of municipalities in Alagoas
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Alagoas, Alagoas (AL), located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. Alagoas is divided into 102 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, which are grou ...
References
Municipalities in Alagoas
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