Vitoria

Vit?ria is the capital of the state of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a few rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551, and today the Greater Vit?ria metropolitan area has a population of over 1,000,000 on an area of 105Km?. The average height of the city is only 3 meters above sea level. In 1998, the United Nations rated Vit?ria as the fourth best state capital in Brazil to live in, rating cities on health, education, and social improvement projects. Vit?ria is in the centre of the Greater Vit?ria metropolitan area, which holds just under one million inhabitants.

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Brazil: The Federative Republic of Brazil (Rep?blica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and the fifth largest in the world. Spanning a vast area between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean, it borders Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia,...

1998: 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean....

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King Afonso V Cloister Monastery of Santa Maria Da Vitoria Batalha Estremadura Portugal