Colatina
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Geography
Colatina is the second largest city in the north of Espírito SantoEspírito Santo
Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, 127 km north of the capital Vitória and on the trainline from Vitória to Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
. It lies on the banks of the Doce river, through which as much as 700 cubic meters of water per second may flow. Its population was 110,513 (2005) and its area is 1,423 km².
History
The first attempts to colonize the area where Colatina now lies were in 1857. 46 people established themselves in the area, which was easy at first, as land had already been assigned to each family. This proved unsustainable, though, when the Indians attacked the colony and massacred quite a number of people. In 3 years, all of the colonists had left the area, and it would be another 30 years before major influx would start up again. Until then, small advances were made along small river tributaries, which went on until 1925. Only after 1928, after the completion of the bridge over the Doce river, did more stable and sustained growth come to the region.The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colatina
Roman Catholic Diocese of Colatina
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colatina is a diocese located in the city of Colatina in the Ecclesiastical province of Vitória in Brazil.-History:* April 23, 1990: Established as Diocese of Colatina from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória-Leadership:...
.