Rodrigues Alves

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Rodrigues Alves

Total population

14,938

Coordinates-7.74°, -72.65°

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Overview

Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves was a Brazilian politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Brazil, from 1902 to 1906. Alves was elected in 1902, becoming the third consecutive São Paulo native to hold the presidency. Before his presidency, he served as president of the province of São Paulo during the Empire of Brazil (1887) and as finance minister under Floriano Peixoto and Prudente de Morais in the 1890s.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.