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Brazil - Espirito Santo (Chapter)

ESPIRITO SANTO

Capital: Vitória

Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo occupies an area of 45,597 sq. kms. The city of Vitória is the capital. In the agricultural sector, the main crops are rice, coffee (one of the country’s leading producers), cocoa, sugar cane, beans, fruit (bananas), and corn. In ranching, meat and dairy cattle. In industry, food products, wood, textiles, and steel. The Cariacica steel mill and the Vale do Rio Doce Company ore pelletization plant merit special note. Vitória is an important iron ore export port. The municipality of Guarapari is a center for monazitic sand extraction, as well as being a popular health resort. In the municipality of São Mateus, petroleum reserves, located on the continental platform, are tapped.

History

The hereditary province that later became Espírito Santo was granted to the Portuguese subject, Vasco Fernandes Coutinho. He landed in Brazilian territory in 1535 and founded the Town (“Vila”) of Espírito Santo. A few years later a new capital, the New Town (“Vila Nova”) of Our Lady of Victory (“Vitória”) was created. As a result the name of the original capital was changed to Old Town (“Vila Velha”).

The idea of colonizing the state arose in 1847, the year in which the Santa Isabel colony was established. The state’s population was still very sparse in the 19th century. The purpose of Italian immigration, which began to develop in 1874, was to occupy the state. Immigrants from Poland, Germany, and other countries also composed the new arrivals. They initated the cultivation of coffee, which would remain the state’s chief product until well into the 20th century. It was only after 1970 that the state’s economic base ceased to be predominately agricultural and industrtial development got underway. The most important industrial activities in the state are mining, steelmaking, and cellulose.

Location:
Southeast Region
Capital:
Vitória
Population:
3,097,498 (IBGE, 2000 Population Census)
GDP 2001:
US$ 7.13 billion (R$ 22.5 billion)
Per capita GDP:
US$ 2,265.61 (R$ 7,148.00)
Number of municipalities:
78
Representation in the National Legislature:
three senators and 10 federal deputies
Illiteracy rate:
11.1% (2000 Census)
Unemployment rate:
9.8% (IBGE 2002)
Largest cities:
Vila Velha (345,965), Vitória (292,304), Cachoeira de Itapemirim (174,879), Colatina (112,711), Linhares (112,617)
Vegetation:
Tropical forest and coastal plant cover
Climate:
Tropical
Average annual temperature:
24°C
 

The flag of the State of Espirito Santo was created by the Decree No. 16618 of July 24th, 1947, signed by the Governor Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindemberg.

The flag is divided into three longitudinal and equal rectangular fields. The upper field is blue and the lower one is pink. In the central white field there is the inscription "WORK AND TRUST" printed in blue characters. Mario Martins, a Brazilian writer, states that the inscription is originated from the jesuita's motto, Order to which belonged Father Anchieta, as follows: Work as if everything depended on you and trust as if everything depended on God".

Despite the rose being a color dissuaded by the Heraldry it was used by the creators of the flag in order to represent a shade of pink found in the "capixaba" sky, which during summer afternoons presents changing shades of pink mixed with the atmospheric blue.

ESPÍRITO SANTO - O Maior Complexo Portuário do Brasil

Apesar da carta de doação da Capitania do Espirito Santo a Vasco Fernandes Coutinho ter sido expedida a 1.° de junho de 1534, somente a 23 de maio de 1535 ocorreu a chegada do donatário e seus sessenta companheiros ao solo capixaba. O desembarque deu-se na enseada junto à atual cidade de Vila Velha.

Nos quatrocentos e quarenta e seis anos que separam os dias atuais.dos primeiros momentos da colonização capixaba, o solo espírito-santense presenciou o surgimento e a passagem de homens e mulheres que,hoje,fazem parte da sua historia.

O Padre José de Anchieta, em 1980 beatificado, misto de catequista, evangelizador, professor, médico, artesão guerreiro, pacificador. filósofo e poeta residia na capitania de São Vicente, atual Estado de São Paulo, mas foi diversas vezes ao Espírito Santo até a sua instalação definitiva na aldeia de Reritiba.

Os indígenas que habitavam o solo espírito-santense deram à história do Brasil o nome de Araribóia, figura marcante nos esforços de combate à invasão francesa no inicio da colonização brasileira.

Também o elemento negro deixou sua marca na história capixaba. Mas, apesar de terem sido os portugueses os colonizadores do solo capixaba durante cerca de três décadas, a ocupação por eles feita do território do Espírito Santo não foi além da faixa litorânea. A impermeabilidade da floresta,guardada pelos indígenas ferozes,e as serras abruptas não permitiram a entrada do colonizador. Some-se a isto a necessidade que tinha a Coroa Portuguesa de proteger seus interesses nas Minas Gerais contra as possibilidades de contrabando de ouro através da costa do Estado do Espírito Santo, e teremos um quadro de razões para chegar o Espírito Santo ao fim do século XVIII com uma população pouco superior aos 15.000 habitantes.

Hoje, o Estado do Espírito Santo, de frente para o Atlântico, com cerca de 500 km de costa, mantém uma vocação genuinamente marítima. No litoral capixaba, está implantado o maior complexo Portuário do Brasil, a serviço da exportação. Lá, operam os Portos de Vitória e Capuaba, os Terminais de Tubarão, Ubá e Barra do Riacho. Constroi-seo grande Porto de Praia Mole. O Espírito Santo vai, assim, se constituindo no maior comp!exo Portuário da América do Sul, hoje com mais de 40% das nossas exportações.

A Marinha está presente no Estado com a Capitania dos Portos, fiscalizando toda esta área de terminais, piers e atracadouros, em seu litoral. Também a modelar Escola de Aprendizes Marinheiros do Espírito Santo, preparando homens para as atividades náuticas, contribui para a boa formação de marujos que,pelos continentes do mundo,mostrarão a pujança e a capacidade da Marinha Brasileira.

A economia do Estado tem como principal fonte a cultura do café, cuja produção em 1980 foi da ordem de 326.570 toneladas. É seguido pela banana, cacau, laranja

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