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Oeiras, Piauí
Oeiras is a town in the Brazilian state of Piauí that grew from a cattle-ranching settlement and became the first capital of the captaincy of Piauí in the eighteenth century, named after the Portuguese title of the Marquis of Pombal, Count of Oeiras. It remained the capital until 1852, when the seat of government moved to Teresina, and keeps colonial churches and houses.
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