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Alagoas, Brazil A state which is characterized by its large number of lakes, hence its name ‘The Lakes’ from the Portuguese lagoão ‘large lake’.

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Alagoas

Alagoas [Port.,=lagoons], state (1990 pop. 2,522,150), 10,707 sq mi (27,331 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Maceió is the capital.

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	BRAZIL: CITY FROM THE STATE OF ALAGOAS TO BECOME NATIONAL HERITAGE. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/20/2006
	The predominance of Diatraea flavipennella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in sugar cane fields in the state of Alagoas, Brazil.(Scientific Notes)(Report) Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 12/1/2006
	BRAZIL: JORDANIAN TRADING COMPANY GOES SHOPPING IN ALAGOAS. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/5/2009

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	BRAZIL: CITY FROM THE STATE OF ALAGOAS TO BECOME NATIONAL HERITAGE. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/20/2006; 371 words ; ...Marechal Deodoro, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas, will be the newest city considered Brazilian national heritage...minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, the governor of the state of Alagoas, Lu?s Ab?lio de Souza Neto, the president of the Institute...
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	Death toll from flooding in Brazilian state of Alagoas reaches 22 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/3/2004; 336 words ; ...from heavy flooding in the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas reached 22 as of Thursday, the majority being children killed...Coordinator Naitonio Santos said by telephone from Maceio, the Alagoas state capital, 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) north...
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