Palmeira dos Índios is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the western of the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) 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 ...

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

. , it has a population of around 70,000. The city is situated in the interior of

. The Brazilian writer

Graciliano Ramos Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira () (October 27, 1892 – March 20, 1953) was a Brazilian modernist writer, politician and journalist. He is known worldwide for his portrayal of the precarious situation of the poor inhabitants of the Brazilian ''sert� ...

was its mayor in 1927. It is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios ( la, Dioecesis Palmiriensis Indorum) is a diocese located in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in the Ecclesiastical province of Maceió in Brazil. History * February 10, 1962: Established as Di ...

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