Pancas, Espirito Santo (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pancas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Espirito Santo. Its population was 20,025 (2005) and its area is 824 km .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 inselbergs, and Pedra Agulha ("Needle Rock") near the town is the second highest "chamine" (high, vertical-sided granite rock) in Brazil - the highest being the famous Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.