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{{Short description|Municipality of Espírito Santo, Brazil}}
{{for|the river in the same state|Pancas River}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Pancas
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]] of [[Espírito Santo]], [[Brazil]]
| image_skyline           = Pancas.JPG
| image_alt               = Aerial view of Pancas
| image_caption           = Aerial view of Pancas
| image_flag              = Bandeira-pancas.JPG
| flag_alt                = Flag of Pancas
| image_shield            = Brasao-pancas.jpg
| shield_alt              = Coat of arms of Pancas
| etymology               = Means "Land where the root does not penetrate"<ref name="IBGEPancasHistoria2025" />
| image_map               = EspiritoSanto Municip Pancas.svg
| map_alt                 = Location of Pancas in Espírito Santo
| map_caption             = Location of Pancas in Espírito Santo
| pushpin_map             = Brazil#South America
| pushpin_relief          = yes
| coordinates             = {{coord|19|13|30|S|40|51|3|W|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_name2       = {{flag|Espírito Santo}}
| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = 13 May 1963<ref name="IBGEPancasHistoria2025">{{cite web |title=História & Fotos |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/es/pancas/historico |website=IBGE Panorama |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
| leader_title1           = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1            = Agmair Araujo Nascimento ([[Progressistas|PP]]) (2025-2028)<ref name="FolhaDeSPauloGuima2024">{{cite web |title=Eleições 2024: Guima (PP) &#124; Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Pancas-ES |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2024/es/prefeito/guima-80002301781.shtml |website=Folha de S.Paulo |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=pt-br |date=30 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="G1PrefeitoPancas2024">{{cite web |title=Prefeito de Pancas (ES) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos |url=https://g1.globo.com/es/espirito-santo/eleicoes/2024/noticia/2024/12/31/prefeito-de-pancas-es-toma-posse-nesta-quarta-1o-veja-lista-de-vereadores-eleitos.ghtml |website=G1 |publisher=Globo |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=pt-br |date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title2           = Vice Mayor
| leader_name2            = Anderson Couto ([[Podemos (Brazil)|PODE]]) (2025-2028)<ref name="FolhaDeSPauloGuima2024" /><ref name="G1PrefeitoPancas2024" />
| area_total_km2          = 837.842
| elevation_m             = 115
| population_as_of        = 2022
| population_total        = 18893<ref name="IBGEPancas2025">{{cite web |title=Pancas |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/cidades-e-estados/es/pancas.html |website=Cidades e Estados |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
| population_density_km2  = 22.55
| population_demonym      = ''Panquense'' ([[Brazilian Portuguese]])<ref name="IBGEPancas2025" />
| timezone                = [[Brasília Time]]
| utc_offset              = -03:00
| postal_code_type        = [[Código de Endereçamento Postal|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 29750-000, 29752-000, 29755-000<ref name="CodigoPostalPancas2025">{{cite web |title=CEP Pancas/ES - Brasil |url=https://codigo-postal.org/pt-br/brasil/es/pancas/ |website=codigo-postal.org |publisher=codigo-postal.org |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
| blank_name              = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2010)
| blank_info              = 0.667 – <span style="color:orange;">medium</span><ref name="IBGEPancas2025" />
| website                 = [https://www.pancas.es.gov.br/ pancas.es.gov.br]
}}

[[File:Pancas.jpg|thumb|300px|right|View of Pancas]]
[[Image:PancasViewFromParaGlideRamp.JPG|thumb|300px|right|View of Pancas from the paragliding ramp situated above the town The distinctive Pedra Camelo (Camel rock) can be seen at the far right of the photo]]

'''Pancas''' is a Brazilian municipality in the state of [[Espírito Santo]]. Its population was 23,306 (2020) and its area is 838&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/es/pancas/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> [[East Pomeranian]], a dialect of [[Low German]], has co-official status in Pancas.

It is situated on a tributary of the [[Doce River]], in the northwest of the state. Locally it is known as a good spot for [[paragliding]]. The landscape around the town is distinguished by large numbers of granite [[Monadnock|inselbergs]], and  Pedra Agulha ("Needle Rock") near the town is the second highest "chaminé" (high, vertical-sided granite rock) in Brazil - the highest being the famous [[Corcovado (Brazil)|Corcovado]] in Rio de Janeiro.
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:ViewOfPancasArea.JPG|thumb|250px|right|A further view of the Pancas Area. Note Pedra Agulha on the right]]  -->

==History==
Before the European colonizers arrived, the area was inhabited by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindians]]. The first European settlers founded a village called São Silvano, but that was destroyed by the local Amerindians. The first permanent residents arrived in 1918 looking for valuable minerals, but the region of the Doce River was practically uninhabited till 1925, it was then that the first bridge over the Doce River was built, called Florian Avidos Bridge, and this brought more people into the north of the state for the first time. The bridge primarily opened access to logging companies which brought more people and coffee plantations, opening their way to the valley where Pancas is situated. The first settlement in the area was founded in 1925, and was called Nossa Senhora Da Penha.

Immigrants to the town in the 1920s and 1930 included large numbers of ethnic Germans, and the German dialect of [[East Pomeranian dialect|East Pomeranian]] (now almost extinct in Europe) is spoken in the area.

==See also==
*[[List of municipalities in Espírito Santo]]

==External links==
* {{in lang|pt}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070104144120/http://www.amopancas.com/ Website of the city]
* {{in lang|pt}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050924184505/http://www.pmpancas.com.br/ Official Pancas Website]

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Espírito Santo}}

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[[Category:Municipalities in Espírito Santo]]


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