Linhares is a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km<sup>2</sup>, and has a population of 166,786 people as of 2022 Census.
It also contains part of the Sooretama Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1982 when two earlier units were merged.
It contains the Goytacazes National Forest, created in 2002.
Climate
Tourism
Located in the municipality of Linhares is one of the largest remnants of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, including the Goytacazes National Forest, the Comboios Biological Reserve, the Sooretama Biological Reserve, and the Vale Natural Reserve (the largest private Atlantic Forest reserve in the country). The latter is the only place where a rare Atlantic Forest tree, the endangered Buchenavia pabstii, is still found. Due to its extremely flat topography, Linhares has 69 lagoons, some of them large, such as the Juparanã Lagoon, which is 26 km long and up to 5.5 km wide. These lagoons are a major tourist attraction, regularly visited by thousands of people.
Due to its natural resources and location, the city is booming. The beaches (Pontal do Ipiranga, Povoação, and Regência) attract tourists for their excellent surfing, deep-sea fishing, and peaceful nature surroundings. The Linhares coastline boasts the main unit of the TAMAR Project for the preservation of the state's sea turtles, located in the Comboios Biological Reserve, seven kilometers from the town of Regência.
Transportation
Linhares is served by Antônio Edson de Azevedo Lima Airport.
References
- Areias Brancas, Linhares
- Guia do Turista