Serra
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- Espírito Santo
- Founded
- November 6, 1556
- Mayor
- Audifax Barcellos( PSB )
- Total
- 553.254 km (213.613 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 301 m (988 ft)
- Density
- 941.074/km (2,437.37/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Demonym
- serrano
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Demonym
- serrano
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Espírito Santo
- Population
- 222158
- Area
- 553.254
- Elevation
- 301
- Shares border with
- Cariacica
- Official website
- www.serra.es.gov.br
- Image
- Mestre Álvaro.jpg
- Dialing code
- 27
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- Commons category
- Serra (Espírito Santo)
- inception
- 1556-11-06
- Human Development Index
- 0.739
- electorate
- 337630
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Encyclopedic overview
Serra ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛʁɐ]) is a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Bordering the north of the state's capital, Vitória, the municipality is part of the Greater Vitória metropolitan area. Its population was 520,653 (2022) and its area is 548 km (212 sq mi). It is the most populous municipality in the state, ahead of the capital.
Serra, the seat of the municipality, is to the north of the characteristic Mestre Álvaro mountain which juts out of the coastal lowlands, and which is said to look like a small mountain range or "serra", in Portuguese, which is where the town and municipality got its name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Serra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.