Santa Leopoldina is a municipality in central Espírito Santo, Brazil.

[2] It is 16 meters above sea level, and is located 44 km from the state capital of Vitória.

The old extended version of the name, "Cachoeiro de Santa Leopoldina", was given in 1860 by the emperor Pedro II, in honour of his mother Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria.

During the 19th century the town was, for a period, the biggest commercial centre of the state, but its influence declined after the arrival of roads which took traffic away from the river, which was then the town's biggest advantage.

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