Alago'as, a maritime province of Brazil, bounded on the N. and W. by Pernambuco. The country is mountainous in the NW., and low, marshy, and unhealthy on the coast. The chief productions are the sugar-cane, cotton-plant, manioc or cassava, ipécauanha, maize, rice, &c., and also timber and dye-woods. Pop. (1895) 511,500. The town of Alagoas, once the capital, has only now some 4000 inhabitants. The present capital is the port of Maceio.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 118
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