Pancas

Municipality of Espírito Santo, Brazil

For the river in the same state, see Pancas River.

Place in Southeast, Brazil

Pancas

Municipality of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Aerial view of Pancas

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Etymology: Means "Land where the root does not penetrate"[1]

Location of Pancas in Espírito Santo

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Coordinates: 19°13′30″S 40°51′3″W﻿ / ﻿19.22500°S 40.85083°W﻿ / -19.22500; -40.85083
Country|  Brazil
Region| Southeast
State|  Espírito Santo
Founded| 13 May 1963[1]
Government

• Mayor| Agmair Araujo Nascimento (PP) (2025-2028)[3][4]
• Vice Mayor| Anderson Couto (PODE) (2025-2028)[3][4]
Area

• Total

| 837.842 km2 (323.493 sq mi)
Elevation

| 115 m (377 ft)
Population

(2022)

• Total

| 18,893[2]
• Density| 22.55/km2 (58.4/sq mi)
Demonym| Panquense (Brazilian Portuguese)[2]
Time zone| UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code|

29750-000, 29752-000, 29755-000[5]

HDI (2010)| 0.667 – medium[2]
Website| pancas.es.gov.br
View of Pancas View of Pancas from the paragliding ramp situated above the town The distinctive Pedra Camelo (Camel rock) can be seen at the far right of the photo

Pancas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 23,306 (2020) and its area is 838 km2.[6] East Pomeranian, a dialect of Low German, has co-official status in Pancas.

It is situated on a tributary of the Doce River, in the northwest of the state. Locally it is known as a good spot for paragliding. The landscape around the town is distinguished by large numbers of granite inselbergs, and Pedra Agulha ("Needle Rock") near the town is the second highest "chaminé" (high, vertical-sided granite rock) in Brazil - the highest being the famous Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.

## History

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Before the European colonizers arrived, the area was inhabited by Amerindians. The first European settlers founded a village called São Silvano, but that was destroyed by the local Amerindians. The first permanent residents arrived in 1918 looking for valuable minerals, but the region of the Doce River was practically uninhabited till 1925, it was then that the first bridge over the Doce River was built, called Florian Avidos Bridge, and this brought more people into the north of the state for the first time. The bridge primarily opened access to logging companies which brought more people and coffee plantations, opening their way to the valley where Pancas is situated. The first settlement in the area was founded in 1925, and was called Nossa Senhora Da Penha.

Immigrants to the town in the 1920s and 1930 included large numbers of ethnic Germans, and the German dialect of East Pomeranian (now almost extinct in Europe) is spoken in the area.

## See also

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* List of municipalities in Espírito Santo

## External links

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* (in Portuguese) Website of the city
* (in Portuguese) Official Pancas Website

## References

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1. ^ a b "História & Fotos". IBGE Panorama (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
2. ^ a b c "Pancas". Cidades e Estados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
3. ^ a b "Eleições 2024: Guima (PP) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Pancas-ES". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
4. ^ a b "Prefeito de Pancas (ES) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
5. ^ "CEP Pancas/ES - Brasil". codigo-postal.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). codigo-postal.org. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
6. ^ IBGE 2020

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Municipalities of Espírito Santo

Capital: Vitória

Mesoregion Central|

| Afonso Cláudio|

* Afonso Cláudio
* Brejetuba
* Conceição do Castelo
* Domingos Martins
* Laranja da Terra
* Marechal Floriano
* Venda Nova do Imigrante

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Guarapari|

* Alfredo Chaves
* Anchieta
* Guarapari
* Iconha
* Piúma
* Rio Novo do Sul

Santa Teresa|

* Itaguaçu
* Itarana
* Santa Leopoldina
* Santa Maria de Jetibá
* Santa Teresa
* São Roque do Canaã

Vitória|

* Cariacica
* Serra
* Viana
* Vila Velha
* Vitória

Mesoregion Litoral Norte|

| Linhares|

* Aracruz
* Fundão
* Ibiraçu
* João Neiva
* Linhares
* Rio Bananal
* Sooretama

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Montanha|

* Montanha
* Mucurici
* Pinheiros
* Ponto Belo

São Mateus|

* Conceição da Barra
* Jaguaré
* Pedro Canário
* São Mateus

Mesoregion Noroeste|

| Barra de São Francisco|

* Água Doce do Norte
* Barra de São Francisco
* Ecoporanga
* Mantenópolis

|

Colatina|

* Alto Rio Novo
* Baixo Guandu
* Colatina
* Governador Lindenberg
* Marilândia
* Pancas
* São Domingos do Norte

Nova Venécia|

* Águia Branca
* Boa Esperança
* Nova Venécia
* São Gabriel da Palha
* Vila Pavão
* Vila Valério

Mesoregion Sul|

| Alegre|

* Alegre
* Divino de São Lourenço
* Dores do Rio Preto
* Guaçuí
* Ibatiba
* Ibitirama
* Irupi
* Iúna
* Muniz Freire

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Cachoeiro de Itapemirim|

* Apiacá
* Atílio Vivacqua
* Bom Jesus do Norte
* Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
* Castelo
* Jerônimo Monteiro
* Mimoso do Sul
* Muqui
* São José do Calçado
* Vargem Alta

Itapemirim|

* Itapemirim
* Marataízes
* Presidente Kennedy

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