Capela
Encyclopedia
Capela is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
. Its population is 18,640 (2005) and its area is 205 km².
Capela is also the name of a neighborhood located on the west side of the town of Râmnicu Vâlcea
, Romania. Its name is derived from the Capela Hill
, which lies to the west of the town.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
Alagoas
Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...
. Its population is 18,640 (2005) and its area is 205 km².
Capela is also the name of a neighborhood located on the west side of the town of Râmnicu Vâlcea
Râmnicu Vâlcea
Râmnicu Vâlcea is the capital city of Vâlcea County, Romania .-Geography and climate:Râmnicu Vâlcea is situated in the central-south area of Romania...
, Romania. Its name is derived from the Capela Hill
Capela Hill
Capela Hill is a hill in the western part of the Romanian town of Râmnicu Vâlcea. Its name is most likely derived from a now-destroyed Catholic chapel built in the area during the Habsburg takeover of Oltenia in the first half of the 18th century...
, which lies to the west of the town.