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Vitória
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municipality of Espírito Santo state, Brazil
Vitória is the capital city of Espírito Santo, a state on Brazil's southeastern coast. As the state's administrative and economic center, it serves as an important port city and hub for the region's development.
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- Instance of
- big city
- Named after
- Our Lady of Victory
- Demonym
- vitoriense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Espírito Santo
- Population
- 291941
- Area
- 96.536
- Elevation
- 4
- Capital of
- Espírito Santo
- Shares border with
- Vila Velha
- Official website
- www.vitoria.es.gov.br
- Image
- Vista da cidade de Vitória ES a partir da Pedra dos Dois Olhos 1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 27
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- Human Development Index
- 0.845
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Vitória (Espírito Santo)
- twinned administrative body
- Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque
- inception
- 1551-00-00
- Commons category
- Vitória (Espírito Santo)
- postal code
- 29000-000
- topic's main category
- Category:Vitória, Espírito Santo
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vitória, Espírito Santo
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- electorate
- 257443
- P8168
- Pavel Rostovtsev
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Encyclopedic overview
Vitória ( Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈtɔɾjɐ]; lit. 'Victory') is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551. The city proper is 93 square kilometres (36 square miles) and has a population of 322,869 (2022), whilst the Greater Vitória metropolitan area has a population of more than 1,880,828, the 14th largest in Brazil.
Vitória is a riverine island surrounded by Vitória Bay. In addition to Vitória, the main island, another 34 islands and a mainland portion are part of the municipality, totalling 93.381 square kilometres (36.05 square miles). Originally there were 50 islands, many of which were joined to the largest island by landfill.
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