Pilar, Alagoas
Encyclopedia
Pilar is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
. Its population was 32,421 (2005) and its area is 249 km². On March 28, 1876, Pilar carried out the last official execution
of Brazil.
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 was 32,421 (2005) and its area is 249 km². On March 28, 1876, Pilar carried out the last official execution
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
of Brazil.