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    São Sebastião (Portuguese for Saint Sebastian) is a Brazilian municipality, located on the southeast coast of Brazil, in the state of São Paulo. The population...
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    municipalities: Praia, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, São Domingos, São Lourenço dos Órgãos, São Miguel, São Salvador do Mundo and Tarrafal...
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  • 548) Santo António (pop: 530) São Domingos (pop: 315) São Jorge (pop: 635) Velho Manuel (pop: 604) Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, a doctor and an author...
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    Lady of Montserrat (Portuguese: Abadia de Nossa Senhora do Monserrate), more commonly known as the Mosteiro de São Bento (Monastery of St. Benedict), is...
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    city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city outside of Asia...
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    Maria Perpétua (1790, Portugal – 1817, Ilha de São Sebastião), was an alleged Brazilian witch. She was the central figure in a famous murder case in Brazil...
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    Ferreira, Domingos P. C. Branco (1983). The Navy of Brazil: An Emerging Power at Sea. National Defense University. "O Arsenal de Marinha da Ilha das Cobras...
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    for the construction of a chapel in 1652, the origin of the current São Domingos de Gusmão Church, located in Niterói, in front of the Gragoatá Campus...
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    Canada de Baixo, Canada de Cima, Ponta Rasa and Porto São João. Oral tradition holds that São João was part of a large southern parish of São Mateus,...
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    Picinguabas and granted by the Portuguese Crown to Barcelos Domingos. In 1673, Domingos built the chapel of Our Lady of the Exile, which later became...
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    de Vau de Claye (Le Brésil, 1579), France had a project to conquer the coast of the Northeast region of Brazil between the mouth of the São Domingos River...
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    Sonia Abrão (category Mass media people from São Paulo)
    diz 'eles são covardes para ponto final'". R7.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 11, 2020. Thaís Sant'Anna (September 2, 2015). "Rafael Ilha lança biografia...
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  • Gouvinhas Paços Parada de Pinhão Paradela de Guiães Provesende Sabrosa São Cristóvão do Douro São Lourenço de Ribapinhão São Martinho de Antas Souto Maior...
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    The Fortress of São João Baptista (Portuguese: Forte de São João Baptista), also known as the Fort of São Filipe or Fort of Monte Brasil is a historic...
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  • Ponciano, Alagoas, and joined Sport Recife's youth setup in 2014, from São Domingos-AL. He made his first team debut on 4 April 2017, starting in a 2–2 Campeonato...
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    São Paulo: a cidade e a população vítimas das armas de guerra e das disputas políticas (PDF) (Dissertation). Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo...
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    Ilha de Moçambique (1994), Salvador (1995), Belo Horizonte (1998), Belém (1999), Bolama, Huambo, Porto Alegre and Mindelo (2000), Dili (2002), São Filipe...
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    to São Paulo with her family. Her parents, José Reginaldo and Agda, were merchants. Once in São Paulo she was enrolled in the prestigious Colégio São Luiz...
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    the Eastern Island (Ilha Occidental) split into three islands; one became submerged and is now the João Valente Reef, the Canal de São Vicente widened to...
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    neighborhood and a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vidigal overlooks Ipanema Beach (Portuguese: Praia de Ipanema) and Ilhas Cagarras. It is located in the...
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    Búzios, Ilha Grande; Espírito Santo: Vitória, Vila Velha, Guarapari, Anchieta, Piúma, Marataízes, São Mateus, Conceição da Barra, Domingos Martins, Santa...
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    center, the Plaza Shopping Itu. Itu was founded in 1610 by bandeirante Domingos Fernandes. It became a parish in 1653. In 1657, it was elevated to a town...
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    of São Salvador da Bahia (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Salvatoris in Brasilia) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archbishop of São Salvador...
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    Convent of Saint Dominic (Convento de São Domingos de Benfica) in Benfica. In March 1559 (Armada of Pêro Vaz de Sequeira) he traveled to Portuguese India...
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    Couto, Incerteza, adaptabilidade e inovação na sociedade rural da Ilha de Santiago de Cabo Verde, Lisbon: Fundação Galouste Gulbenkian, 2010 See now Brígida...
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    the Portuguese landed and gave the area the name Ilha dos Patos, but in 1526 it was renamed Ilha de Santa Catarina (Saint Catherine's Island). The area...
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    Príncipe (category Islands of São Tomé and Príncipe)
    in Santo António, São Tomé and Príncipe. Bom Bom Islet, Príncipe Instituto Nacional de Estatística. "São Tomé – Definition of São Tomé". Yourdictionary...
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    1751, the growing colony became the Village of Rio Grande de São Pedro. In 1760, Rio Grande de São Pedro, which was formerly governed from Santa Catarina...
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  • voltar para a Ilha do Retiro em agosto; saiba os detalhes" (in Portuguese). Diario de Pernambuco. 14 April 2024. "América-MG planeja estreia de novo uniforme...
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    of the parish was presided by Father Domingos Nunes Pereira, and the new Fajãs parish priest Father André Alves de Mendonça, on 12/13 July 1676. Writing...
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