Palmares
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Palmares may refer to:
- Palmares, PernambucoPalmares, PernambucoPalmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, with 58.819 inhabitants, according with IBge 2009. Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock...
, a municipality in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil - Palmares PaulistaPalmares PaulistaPalmares Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 9,010, the area is 83.529 km² and the elevation is 530 m....
- Palmares CantonPalmares CantonPalmares is the name of the seventh canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 38.06 km², and has a population of 31,608. The capital city of the canton is also called Palmares....
, a canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica - Palmares de AlajuelaPalmares de AlajuelaPalmares is the capital city of the canton of Palmares in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito that includes the city...
, a city and district in the canton of Palmares in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica - Palmarès, the list of accomplishments in sport
- Palmares (quilombo)Palmares (quilombo)Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a fugitive community of escaped slaves and others in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in what is today the Brazilian state of Alagoas.-Quilombos or mocambos:...
, a legendary, powerful quilombo located in Brazil and destroyed by Portuguese artillery in 1694 - Palmares RiverPalmares River-References:*...
- Zumbi dos Palmares International AirportZumbi dos Palmares International AirportMaceió-Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport , formerly called Campo dos Palmares Airport, is the airport serving Maceió, Brazil. Since December 16, 1999 the airport is named after Zumbi dos Palmares a leader and hero who fought for the freedom of slaves.It is operated by Infraero.-History:The...