Maceio
Municipality
The Municipality o Maceio
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  "The Paradise o Watters"
Location o Maceio in the State o Alagoas
Maceio Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 9°39′57″S 35°44′06″W  /  9.66583°S 35.73500°W  / -9.66583; -35.73500
Kintra	Brazil
State	Alagoas
Mesoregion	Leste Alagoano
Microregion	Maceio
Foondit	5 December 1815
Govrenment
?  Mayor	Jose Cicero Soares de Almeida ( PP )
Area
? Total	511 km 2 (197 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population   (2010)
? Total	932,608
? Density	1,800/km 2 (4,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Maceioenses
Time zone	UTC-3
Postal Code	57000-000
Area code(s)	+55 82
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Maceio ( Portuguese pronunciation:  [masej?j?] ) is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o the coastal state Alagoas , Brazil . The name "maceio" is o Indie oreegin, an designates the naturally spontaneous courses o watter which flow oot o the sile. Maist maceios flow tae the sea, but some get trappit an form lakes ("lagoas", in Portuguese).

Thare are plenty o maceios an lakes in this pairt o Brazil; acause o this, the ceety wis namit Maceio, an the State, Alagoas. The new Zumbi dos Palmares Internaitional Airport connects Maceio wi mony Brazilian ceeties an operates some internaitional flichts. The ceety is hame tae the Federal University o Alagoas .

Sister ceeties [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

• Aracaju , Brazil
• Joao Pessoa , Brazil
• Gwangju , Sooth Korea
• Milan , Italy

References [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Freemit airtins [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Template:Municipalities o Alagoas