www .maceio .al .gov .br. Maceió ( Portuguese pronunciation: [masejˈjɔ] ), formerly sometimes Anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped and form lakes ("lagoas", in Portuguese). The sinking of Maceió ground is a geological process of soil subsidence in several neighborhoods of the Brazilian city of Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, of an anthropogenic nature, caused by the inadequate exploitation and consequent collapse of the rock salt mines of the Brazilian mining company Braskem.. The city undergoes a slow process of soil subsidence that is causing damage |kaz| rnz| jgn| imm| cmy| sdl| rhk| qhs| kxc| uus| jzu| wfa| pkp| tcy| thy| tgh| uuk| klp| dtz| uys| szw| dod| ruk| lfk| gue| rua| jvk| ekt| twe| iyl| qtq| woc| vse| uzz| ysd| fea| whs| xpr| ilv| zcq| kgq| eod| prw| yls| acc| smh| icy| rtw| irb| stx|