page_title: Alagoas
section_title: Major cities
hierarchical_section_title: Alagoas / Major cities
caption_attribution_description: Maceio, BrasileOrla de Maceió
context_page_description: Alagoas is one of the 27 states 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 capital is the city of Maceió. The state is home to 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.75% of the Brazilian GDP.
  It is made up of 102 municipalities and its most populous cities are Maceió, Arapiraca, Palmeira dos Índios, Rio Largo, Penedo, União dos Palmares, São Miguel dos Campos, Santana do Ipanema, Delmiro Gouveia, Coruripe, Marechal Deodoro, and Campo Alegre.
  It is the second smallest Brazilian state in area, and with Sergipe it is sometimes called the Rhode Island of Brazil. It is 16th in population. It is also one of the largest producers of sugarcane and coconuts in the country, and has an economy based on cattle raising.
  Land of the sururu, lagoon shellfish which serves as food for the coastal population, and of coconut water, Alagoas also possesses some of the country's richest folklore.
  Initially, the Alagoano territory constituted the southern part of the Captaincy of Pernambuco and only gained its autonomy in 1817.
context_section_description: Arapiraca
  Coruripe
  Maceió
  Maragogi
  Marechal Deodoro (H)
  Palmeira dos Indios
  Penedo (H)
  Piranhas (H)
  Porto Calvo
  Porto de Pedras (H)
  São Miguel dos Campos
  Santana do Ipanema
  União dos Palmares
  Viçosa
caption: Maceió is the largest city in Alagoas.
exif: {}