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See also:MACEDONIUS (3)
See also:bishop of See also:Constantinople (ft
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510), a strict Chalcedonian who vainly opposed the fanaticism of the monophysite See also:Severus and was deposed in 513
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MACEI& or MACAYO, a See also:city and See also:port of See also:Brazil and See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Alagoas, about 125 M
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S.S.W. of See also:Pernambuco, in See also:lat. g° 39` 35° S., See also:long
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35° 44' 36" W
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Pop. including a large rural See also:district and several villages (189o), 31,498; (1908, estimate), 33,000
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The city stands at the See also:foot of See also:low bluffs, about a mile from the See also:shore See also:line
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The See also:water-See also:side See also:village of Jaragua, the port of Macei6, is practically a suburb of the city
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See also:South of the port is the shallow entrance to the Lagoa do Norte, of Lagoa Mnndah{, a See also:salt-water See also:lake extending inland for some See also:miles
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Macei6 is attractively situated in the midst of large plantations of See also:coca-See also:nut and dende palms, though the broad sandy See also:beach in front and the open See also:sun-burned See also:plain behind give a barren See also:character to its surroundings
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The See also:heat is moderated by the S.E. See also:trade winds, and the city is considered healthful
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The public buildings are mostly constructed of broken See also:
A See also:light See also:tramway connects the city and port, and a railway—the Alagoas Central —connects the two with various interior towns
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The port is formed by a stone See also:reef See also:running parallel with and a See also:half-mile from the shore line, within which vessels of light draft find a safe anchorage, except from southerly See also:gales
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Ocean-going steamers See also:anchor outside the reef
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The exports consist principally of See also:sugar, See also:cotton, and See also:rum (aguardiente)
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Maceio See also:dates from 1815 when a small See also:settlement there was created a " See also:villa." In 1839 it became ' the provincial capital and was made a city by the provincial See also:assembly
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McENTEE, JERVIS (1828-1891), See also:American artist; was See also:born at Rondout, New See also:York, on the 14th of See also:July 1828, and was a See also:pupil of See also:Frederick E., See also: |
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