Mantenópolis, Espírito Santo
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Mantenópolis is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo
. Its population was 11,115 (2005) and its area is 321 km². It is a small town located in a valley with green mountains rising above it. It has a central square with municipal offices- e.g., police, public works, and school within a short walking distance of each other. There are many farms with livestock and crops in the neighboring countryside. An extraordinarily large number of people from Mantenopolis who migrate to the United States reside on the Island of Martha's Vineyard in the state of Massachusetts.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo
Espírito 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...
. Its population was 11,115 (2005) and its area is 321 km². It is a small town located in a valley with green mountains rising above it. It has a central square with municipal offices- e.g., police, public works, and school within a short walking distance of each other. There are many farms with livestock and crops in the neighboring countryside. An extraordinarily large number of people from Mantenopolis who migrate to the United States reside on the Island of Martha's Vineyard in the state of Massachusetts.