Colatina

Colatina is the second largest city in the north of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, about 127 kilometres north of the state capital Vitória. It lies on the banks of the Doce River, which can carry as much as 700 cubic metres of water per second, and on the railway line that runs from Vitória to Minas Gerais. The municipality covers 1,398 square kilometres and the 2022 census counted 120,033 residents, compared with 111,537 in 2010 and 112,711 in 2000. The first colonisation attempt came in 1857 when forty-six people settled the area, but attacks led all the colonists to leave within three years, and lasting growth only began after the bridge over the Doce was completed in 1928.