Quebrangulo (
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese (' ), also Portuguese of Brazil (', ) or South American Portuguese (') is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide. It is spoken by almost all of ...
:
/kebɾɐ̃ˈgulu/) 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
Brazilian state of
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 ...
. Its population was 11,248 (2020) and its area is 300 km².
The municipality contains part of the
Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve
Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica da Pedra Talhada) is a federally administered biological reserve in eastern Brazil.
It contains a remnant of the tropical Atlantic Forest biome.
History
The Pedra Talhada State Park was ...
, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1989.
Notable people
*
Graciliano Ramos, writer
References
Municipalities in Alagoas
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