Colatina

{{coord|19|32|20|S|40|37|51|W|scale:30000|display=title}}{{Infobox settlement | name = Colatina - Espírito Santo | settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in Espírito Santo|Municipality]] | official_name = The Municipality of Colatina-Espírito Santo | nicknames = ''Capital do Noroeste''<br />''Capital of the Northeast''<br />''Vix'' | motto = ''[[Labor Omnia Vincit]]'' (''work conquers all'') | image_skyline = File:Vista parcial de Colatina ES.JPG | image_caption = Partial view of Colatina | image_shield = BrazaoColatinaES.png | image_flag = Bandeira-colatina.png | image_map = EspiritoSanto_Municip_Colatina.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in the Espírito Santo | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_name1 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Image:Bandeira do Espírito Santo.svg|border|22px]] [[Espírito Santo]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = December 30, 1921 | leader_title = Mayor| | leader_name = João Guerino Balestrassi ([[Social Christian Party (Brazil)|PSC]]) | leader_title1 =  | area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/cidades-e-estados/es/colatina.html |year=2017 |quote=2018 Area Total |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 1398.219 | population_as_of = [[2022 Brazilian Census|2022 Census]] | population_total = 120,033 | population_footnotes = <ref name="IBGE">{{cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/es/colatina/panorama |title=IBGE 2025 |author=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = 129,301 | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="IBGE"/> | population_metro = | timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] | utc_offset = −3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | elevation_m = 71 | elevation_ft = | coordinates = {{coord|19|32|20|S|40|37|51|W|region:BR|display=inline}} | blank_name = [[Demonym]] | blank_info = ''"colatinense"'' | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Colatina''' is the second largest city in the north of [[Espírito Santo]], [[Brazil]], 127 km north of the capital [[Vitória, Brazil|Vitória]] and on the [[Vitória-Minas Railway|trainline]] from Vitória to [[Minas Gerais]]. It lies on the banks of the [[Doce River]], through which as much as 700 cubic meters of water per second may flow. Its population was 120,033 ([[2022 Brazilian Census|2022 Census]]) and its area is 1,398 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="IBGE2">{{cite web |title=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|url=ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Estimativas_de_Populacao/Estimativas_2018/estimativa_dou_2018_20181019.pdf |year=2018 |quote=2018 Estimates of Population |accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="IBGE" />

==History== The first attempts to colonize the area where Colatina now lies were in 1857. 46 people established themselves in the area, which was easy at first, as land had already been assigned to each family. This proved unsustainable, though, when the Indians attacked the colony and massacred quite a number of people. In 3 years, all of the colonists had left the area, and it would be another 30 years before major influx would start up again. Until then, small advances were made along small river tributaries, which went on until 1925. Only after 1928, after the completion of the bridge over the Doce river, did more stable and sustained growth come to the region.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

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==External links== * [http://www.colatina.es.gov.br/ Colatina's Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091024144029/http://geocities.com/espiritosantoonline/colatina.html History of Colatina] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040601100629/http://smi.org.br/colatina.htm Short History of Colatina ''in Portuguese'']

[[Category:Municipalities in Espírito Santo]]