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Blumenau
Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil: municipality founded 2 September 1850 by Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau with 17 colonists; German heritage, Oktoberfest, beer capital, 361,261 people (2022 census), Itajaí-Açu floods.
Cachoeira, Bahia
Cachoeira, Bahia is a historic colonial port town on the Paraguaçu River in Brazil, honored as the Heroic City for its role in Bahian independence.
Cascavel, Paraná
Cascavel, Paraná: major municipality in western Paraná, Brazil (IBGE code 4104808), capital of the Oeste Paranaense; 348,051 people (2022 census), created 1951 from Foz do Iguaçu, agribusiness economy, Show Rural Coopavel host.
Duque de Caxias
Duque de Caxias, Baixada Fluminense municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, created 1943 from Nova Iguaçu and named for the Duke of Caxias; 808,161 people (2022), oil refining and industrial economy.
Founding of Rio de Janeiro
The founding of Rio de Janeiro was the establishment of the city by the Portuguese captain Estácio de Sá on 1 March 1565, after expelling a French colony.
Goiás Velho
Goiás Velho, officially the Cidade de Goiás, is a historic Brazilian municipality founded in the 1720s as the gold-mining settlement of Vila Boa, the first capital of Goiás.
Gurupá
Gurupá is a municipality in Pará, Brazil, on the right bank of the lower Amazon near the Xingu's confluence, an anthropology research site since Charles Wagley's 1950s study Amazon Town.
Itaboraí
Itaboraí is a municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, in the metropolitan region on Guanabara Bay; 224,267 residents (2022 census), eight districts, historic colonial vilas, the São José paleontological basin, and the former COMPERJ site, now the Boaventura energy complex.
Jaboatão dos Guararapes
Jaboatão dos Guararapes, a coastal Pernambuco municipality in the Recife Metropolitan Region, Brazil; founded 1593 as Jaboatão, renamed 1989; site of the 1648 and 1649 Battles of Guararapes; second most populous city of Pernambuco.
Linhares
Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil: municipality on the Rio Doce, founded 1809 and named for the Conde de Linhares, created 1833, restored 1943; known as the city of lakes, with Lagoa Juparanã and about 185,621 residents (2026 estimate).
Macaé
Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: municipality of 246,391 (2022) known as the National Capital of Energy, onshore base of the Campos Basin oil industry, Petrobras hub since the late 1970s, major oil-royalty recipient.
Nossa Senhora do Socorro
Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Sergipe municipality in the Aracaju metropolitan region, Brazil's Northeast; second most populous city of Sergipe (192,330 in 2022 census, 205,611 estimated 2026), dormitory city of Aracaju, 155.018 km², IBGE code 2804805.
Santos, São Paulo
Santos is a coastal port city in São Paulo state, Brazil, founded in 1546, whose port is the largest in Latin America, handling about 30% of Brazil's foreign trade.
São José de Ribamar
São José de Ribamar (Maranhão, Brazil), a municipality on Ilha de Upaon-Açu in the Grande São Luís region; 244,579 residents (2022 census), pilgrimage center of Saint Joseph with a 13-day September festival, created 1913, renamed 1969.
Sumaré
Sumaré is a municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil, in the Campinas Metropolitan Region, about 18 km from Campinas. Formerly Rebouças district, emancipated 1953; 279,545 residents (2022 census), industrial economy, GDP R$ 19 billion (2023).
Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso
Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso: second-largest city of Mato Grosso, Brazil, founded 1867 during the Paraguayan War, emancipated 1948; industrial hub opposite Cuiabá, site of Marechal Rondon International Airport, 323,172 inhabitants (2026 estimate).