Afonso Cláudio is the name of a municipality and its capital in east central 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...

, Brazil

Brazil

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, founded in 1963. The town, at a height of 610m above sea level, has a population of approximately 9,957 and an area of 361.7 km², and a population density of 27,53 inhabitants/km². Its borders include: (E) Domingos Martins

Domingos Martins

Domingos Martins is the name of a municipality and its capital in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. According to the IBGE census of 2000, the municipality had 30,559 inhabitants, of which 5,820 were urban dwelling...

, Santa Maria de Jetibá

Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo

Santa Maria de Jetibá is the name of a municipality and of its capital in central Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil. It was founded in 1857 by Pomeranian immigrants who arrived through the state capital Vitória by going up the river Santa Maria.-Geography:...

 and Itarana

Itarana, Espírito Santo

Itarana is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 12,071 and its area is 299 km²....

 (N) Laranja da Terra

Laranja da Terra, Espírito Santo

Laranja da Terra is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 11,121 and its area is 457 km²....

 and the neighbouring state of Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

, (W) Brejetuba

Brejetuba, Espírito Santo

Brejetuba is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 12,815 and its area is 343 km².-References:...

 (S) Conceição do Castelo

Conceição do Castelo, Espírito Santo

Conceição do Castelo is the name of a municipality and its capital in central Espírito Santo, Brazil. Its population was 11,146 and its area is 364,53 km².-History:...

 and Venda Nova do Imigrante

Venda Nova do Imigrante

Venda Nova do Imigrante is a municipality, with a capital of the same name, in east central Espírito Santo, Brazil. Created in 1989, by separating from Conceição do Castelo, it stands at a height of 630 meters above sea level...

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History

Afonso Cláudio first began to be populated in 1885, when Valentim Perozzini, an Italian immigrant, moved there. Now that place is called São Luis de Miranda. The mainly Italian immigration which took place in this area was indirect, in that people usually first came from the neighbouring localities of Alfredo Chaves, Castelo and Itaguaçu. The name of the municipality was given in honour of Afonso Cláudio de Freitas Rosa

Afonso Cláudio de Freitas Rosa

Afonso Cláudio de Freitas Rosa or, simply, Afonso Cláudio, as he was better known by the people, was, for a brief time, the first president of the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo...

 (born in Santa Leopoldina, Espírito Santo

Santa Leopoldina, Espírito Santo

Santa Leopoldina is the name of a municipality and its capital in central Espírito Santo, Brazil. Its population was 13,303 and its area is 716.44 km²...

), the first governor of that state after the implantation of the Brazilian Republic on November 15, 1889.