Tour through Triunfo
Triumfo is located in the highlands, in the backlands--for the most backlands are dry.
Triunfo is located about 3000 ft (1,200 m) above sea level, located on the granitic massif sporting a lot of greenery. Whereas the typical economic pattern in the lowlands is that of large plantations with workers settled along the edges, that of the highlands usually consists of small farms which is directly related to the physical environment as well as the lack of market proximity.
Triunfo itself is a much wealthier place than the towns encountered on the way here, it even sports a theater as well as several churches, stores and the like.
Coffee production was brought to Pernumbuco but it diffused from here to Sao Paulo where it brought also industrialization. Coffee production in the highlands of Pernumbuco caused a more egalitarian society than in as with plantations because it was worked on small farms which also produced food crops because of the distance to Recife. At present there is no coffee production
People that moved into these highlands were also better integrated with regional Indians, the Carirs.
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